FIFA 13 error 8002951E 'Not available before begin date'

[ermahgerd]

I had pre-ordered the FIFA 13 for early release and I have the Season Ticket which I needed to use for this pre-order. But now on the day of the release of this game, whenever I try to download the game on my Playstation 3, I get an error message saying “8002951E 'Not available before begin date'”. Can someone explain me about this problem?

[mbangali]

Are you sure that you have opted for the download of the early release version of FIFA 13 and not the normal version of this game. As you have mentioned, error message saying “8002951E 'Not available before begin date'” appears only when wrong version is asked for download. Confirm that you are trying to download the proper version of this game. Also let me tell you that early release of the game means that you will be able to download FIFA 13 on day of release itself. So first confirm the date of release for the region in which you live. The early release of FIFA 13 will be given to you only on the day of release.

[Wyl]

The early release version of FIFA 13 that you have mentioned is only available for North America. So if you live in any other country than North America, then you will have to buy the early release version of FIFA 13 from Playstation Network directly. If the version of FIFA 13 is right along with the release date of the region you live, then you can take the screenshots of the error message and send the purchase details to the developers. They will investigate the problem and sort it out for you.