German Law to Blame For 18+ Rated Wii U Content Block In Europe

[Viper1]

Lusche said:

Viper1 said:

XboxLive and Steam get past it the same way that PS+ does...a wallet system that verifies age.  That might be how origin gets past it now as well and probably how Nintendo can get past it.

Point is, at some point, EA Origin and PSN were just as affected by this problem as Nintendo is.  In fact, Sony completely removed all 18 rated games form the store rather than implement a time period.

ehm no ? no age verification and ps+ style wallet to verify age in germany for either origin, steam and xboxlive for usk18 games ...
as long as you pay they dont care ... bought many usk18 games on those platforms and they do not have an age verification in any way.

I'm only relaying what I'm being told by my friends in Germany.  I'm told you have to have PS+ or that PS+ is rated 18 itself so once you've purchased it, it's some kind of proof of age.  You can't buy rated 18 from the basic PSN store.

Origin most certainly locked out sales of rated 18 games to the same time period as Nintendo is.  I can show you dozens of links to people talking about that one.