FIFA 22: Can PS4 and PS5 users play together?


Players are loving the new FIFA 22 gameplay, but there seems to be one reoccurring issue at the moment, some friends are on previous-gen are some are on next-gen consoles.

So, find out exactly how PS4 players can play with their PS5 friends below.

Can PS4 and PS5 users play together?

In short, the answer is yes, it is possible for PS4 and PS5 players to play FIFA 22 together, however it is a little more complicated than that.

There is no crossplay between the PS5 version and the PS4 version of FIFA 22.

So, if you are have a PS5 and you want to play FIFA 22 with your PS4 friends, you'll need to purchase the PS4 version of the game.

Once you have downloaded the PS4 version of FIFA 2 you can play with your PS4 friends.

Please note, this does not work the other way around - PS4 users cannot play the PS5 version of FIFA 22 their PS4.

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PS5 users can buy the Ultimate Edition, which will give you both the PS4 version and the PS5 version and allow you to switch between them with ease on the same account / console.

All you would have to do would be to press options on the game and then under game version change to the one you want to play.

FUT 22 Icon Swaps 1 released date

The official FIFA 22 Icon Swaps 1 release date has not yet been confirmed, but judging off of last year's promo, we can have a pretty good guess as to when it will arrive in Ultimate Team.

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Last year's first set of Icon Swaps was released on December 11 2020.

So, we can expect Icon Swaps 1 to arrive this December - perhaps on Friday, 10 December.

Icon Swaps will be released into objectives at approximately 1pm ET / 6pm BST on the day of release.

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