I hope they don’t block VPN access.
Rockstar Games Plans Age Verification For GTA Online
Submitted 13 hours ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://rockstarintel.com/rockstar-games-plans-age-verification-for-gta-online/
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JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 49 minutes ago
They absolutely will
tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
Isn’t GTAV an 18 rated game? So children shouldn’t be able to buy it in the first place.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
This falls on the parents instead because of dumb laws every one has to deal with this:
users in the UK have had to take photos of themselves and upload it to a service that uses AI to guess their age. Or, send in photos of ID such as passports or driving licenses.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 56 minutes ago
The problem needs to be addressed at the source, make children illegal !
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
GTA online is the worst thing to happen to the series, since it killed off story DLCs. Which were a fantastic way to get new story based content for their games between the years long wait between sequels. Damn those gamers and their obsession with buying microtransactions.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
Then they double killed it when they started introducing nonsense like flying cars with rocket launchers.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
Don’t forget when they triple killed it by not enabling Proton support.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
On the flip side, it’s given it insane longevity and made it feel more modern. Playing singleplayer feels so annoying at times because of their arbitrary rules (which are still in online, but toned down a little) and gameplay/mission design.
At least GTAO showed everyone rockstar’s true nature, and you couldn’t turn away or say that it’s a small alternative game mode.
So shoutout to online and 5 as a whole for showing me enough to avoid all future rockstar titles loltootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
GTA5 was released in 2013. GTA6 is being released 13 years later. If there had been no GTAO, we would have had at least one or two more “modern” GTA releases in that window.
TheMonk@lemmings.world 5 hours ago
I don’t understand why people needed to give them constant money. For real, I played for a minute but never spent a dime. Why buy things when you can achieve them?
SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
Because it’s extremely annoying to earn enough money. Payouts are pathetic and things are extremely expensive to push you towards buying money. I didn’t spend any money on it thankfully, that’s just my reasoning behind it.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
Because number go up. lol
Also everything is insanely expensive in online.
Dirk@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
They would lose likely 98% of their player base.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 hours ago
Seriously. Our school had a presentation by a guy about kids and computer usage. The gist of it was: Roblox bad, because of paedophiles. GTA good, because it furthers role playing. Basically the opposite of the age recommendations.
BeliefPropagator@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
maybe the goal is instead to try to get ahead of regulation by implementing a system that is easily bypassed by most kids (like these video based age estimations). Then they can show this to the regulator and be like: “look were already doing everything we can, no need to actually put the regulation in place”.
Senseless@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Maybe that actually makes it playable. But who am I kidding?
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 13 hours ago
more like 99%
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
$omething tells me that won’t happen
Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 hours ago
And nothing of worth was lost
Sabata11792@ani.social 10 hours ago
So, I loose no functionality when I pirate it?
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
If we’re going to have age verification everywhere just get rid of fucking ESRB and age ratings
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
If we’re going to government age verification everywhere just get rid of fucking ESRB and content ratings
This is a game made in Scotland, ESRB is a voluntary US based system.
SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
PEGI, then.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Phew, ok good. A few months ago, when this first leaked, it made it seem like this was going to be used for every country and for the entire game. I have never played GTA online and never will.
The internet is continuing to get worse and worse… also, those comments on the actual article were strangely to pro.
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Can you even call it GTA online if there aren’t a dozen 12 year olds running around screaming, “N***** and F*****”.
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 47 minutes ago
Moms are still getting plenty of action though, right? Wont someone think of the moms!!!