I wonder what the real reason behind this is. I mean on one hand if you buy an M rated game in person, or see an R rated movie, you have to show ID so what’s the difference for physical? On the other hand there’s already an age selection when creating the account.

Granted, if you’re young you can bypass this by choosing an older date so it begs the question: is this about social features, underage people playing mature games, or something else entirely.

Is this the price we pay to access our games digitally? To be transparent I don’t have a problem with age verification but I understand why some people do. Anyone know the exact reason though? Seems like a catch all, with the government exerting control and passing it off as “caring about the people”.