Starting on November 15, 2024 @Steam will no longer display games to customers in Germany if the game is missing a valid age rating.
Starting on November 15, 2024 @Steam will no longer display games to customers in Germany if the game is missing a valid age rating.
Older titles should be restricted to +18 by default, at least they would stay purchasable.
23Don't know if they can legally pretend it has a rating though
5You are probably right but there has to be some kind of path forward baked into the regulations.
It will be a bit of a farce if retro gaming becomes illegal because no one submits the paperwork for 8-bit consoles.
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Requiring new releases to provide this information going forward makes sense. But I expect a lot of older titles have no one actively paying attention to go get this paperwork filled out, and will get blocked as a result. This law should've just applied to everything new released after the law takes effect, grandfathering in legacy content.
22If nobody is paying attention, then nobody will care about not getting paid. It may sound disappointing, but I'm sure a German who wants something specific can find ways to get to it.
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... unless the customer is over 18, right? The age where an age rating doesn't fucking matter?
This is the same shit as Australia "refusing classification." Oh cool, guess it'll default to the highest bar to entry, oh no wait the whole thing was just an excuse to censor fictional people taking imaginary drugs.
8Man, the Germans have a history of taking L's.
5Is there a list (ideally sorted by rating) with affected games?
2Why only Germany? Adult games on Steam are pretty much porn.
-7Because no one else is requiring some shitty rating system?
8All adult games on Steam are banned already in Germany + those on The Index.
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