The long-awaited sequel to Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, has officially been released, and although you might be eager to get started playing right away, many gamers are having problems that prohibit them from doing so. After putting in a lot of time and effort to organise and get ready to play with your friends online, it may be very irritating when you are finally ready to play but several issues prohibit you from doing so.
The issue that leads players to become trapped on the “Fetching Account Data from Platform” screen in Modern Warfare 2 is one example of this type of issue. This is affecting players across all players, and despite the unclear error message, there are a few workarounds that will let you avoid this error and continue playing the game. This issue is affecting players across all players.
Fix Modern Warfare 2 stuck on Fetching Account Data from Platform screen
Players on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S are affected by the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game stalling on the Fetching Account Data from Platform screen message, preventing them from accessing the online multiplayer mode. This tutorial will teach you how to fix the game if it gets stuck on the “Fetching Account Data from Platform” screen.
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Force open quick settings
If possible, you should force open Quick Settings before backing out again. This will help you with other stuck error messages as well, so this is worth a try with the Fetching Account Data message.
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Restart the game
While this might be an obvious suggestion, try to restart the game as it’ll force the game to reconnect to the game servers. This will give your account data another chance to be fetched successfully.
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Reboot your console
A system restart will be a great solution for many different issues so you must give it a try.
