Quick question: Have you got the Age Verification system to work ?

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Floid 31 Aug @ 11:48pm

I would like to know if anyone has successfully managed to interact with the Credit Card Age Verification system on Steam - and it completely 100% successfully worked for you.

And when I say it worked - I mean you used an actual Credit Card (not a Debit Card ) and once the Credit Card was saved to your Steam Account, you were then able to do the following:

1) View mature / adult category game Storefront pages. (for games you don't own)
2) View mature / adult category game Community Hubs / Forums Discussion pages. (for games you don't own)

Has anyone been able to ?
(Please say if you were only able to do #1 or # 2)

Cheers.

[PS - This is not a discussion about the merits of CC-AV, or privacy, or security concerns - I just wanna know if the system is actually working, on a majorly basis.]

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paul 1 Sep @ 9:08am

My credit card is attached to my Steam account but I can't do 1 and I don't own any adult games to see if I can access community hubs

I don't think this system actually works lol

DyonisX 1 Sep @ 10:32am

Hey guys I just linked my credit card to my account

I checked a token blocked game Lust Goddess, I can check the store page now

The Community Hub is still blocked anyways

"This Community Hub is not available in your region."

I checked my account settings and all the Store and Community boxes are ticked, I unticked and re-ticked all the Community ones just to be sure

KingDingo3 1 Sep @ 10:47am

I'm curious on this question too.

Since lets say there is a game that is flagged by this rule that you want more info on, if you cannot access the discussions/community hub for that, then you are gambling with your money on what could be a "product product" if you buy it, just to access the forums.

Floid 1 Sep @ 11:14am

Originally posted by DyonisX:
Hey guys I just linked my credit card to my account

I checked a token blocked game Lust Goddess, I can check the store page now

The Community Hub is still blocked anyways

"This Community Hub is not available in your region."

I checked my account settings and all the Store and Community boxes are ticked, I unticked and re-ticked all the Community ones just to be sure

Ok, I think your the first person i've see say the AV system (kinda) 50% worked.

So it still doesn't seem right that even after your account is age verified that the forums (for games you don't own) are still blocked ?

According to Valves Help article :

Originally posted by Age Assurance under the UK Online Safety Act:
If the process is successful, you can now choose to add previously unavailable mature content types on the Store Preferences page.

( Source : https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6 )

And those "mature content types on the Store Preferences" page include both "Store Products" (store pages) and "Community Content" (forums) as seen below :

Originally posted by Store Preferences > Mature Content Preferences:

Mature Content Filtering
Some products and user-generated content on Steam may not be appropriate for all audiences.
Tick these boxes to indicate which Store products and Community content you see on Steam

( Source : Your Account Details > Store Preferences > Mature Content Preferences )

So clearly age verifying is not unlocking everything it should be doing.

Last edited by Floid; 1 Sep @ 11:44pm

Floid 1 Sep @ 11:25am

Originally posted by KingDingo3:
I'm curious on this question too.

Since lets say there is a game that is flagged by this rule that you want more info on, if you cannot access the discussions/community hub for that, then you are gambling with your money on what could be a "product product" if you buy it, just to access the forums.

Exactly !
Many people use the forums for a game as an invaluable source of info to make a purchasing decision for a game. I can't tell you the amount of times i've avoided issues with a game, just by taking a quick glance at it's respective forum.

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/dev/null 1 Sep @ 1:05pm

Only #1. I can't view the community hub for mature games I don't own.

KingDingo3 1 Sep @ 2:41pm

Has anyone sent a Steam Support Ticket on the issue, since this could be extremely concerning.

whiteanacondaS 2 Sep @ 12:33pm

Originally posted by KingDingo3:
Has anyone sent a Steam Support Ticket on the issue, since this could be extremely concerning.

yh there like credit cards only im like no want debt card lol

PA29161 2 Sep @ 2:10pm

Thanks for starting this topic; it's very helpful having clear and concise answers in regards to the system that we're dealing with. Personally? I recently got approved for a credit card and am eager to test it myself soon.

R3dAlert93 2 Sep @ 2:10pm

Its very dangerous to have are credit details on steam. This government are putting everyone at risk... I had my old accounts hacked before.

Last edited by R3dAlert93; 2 Sep @ 5:08pm

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MakitaRotSprout 2 Sep @ 3:49pm

It works at bizarre random intervals and then stops working again. Steam has massively botched this implementation. I might have to request refunds.

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76561199114827770 30 Oct @ 5:57am

Hey what do we do if we dont have a credit card and only a debit?

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x 30 Oct @ 7:14am

Funny, haven't gotten any prompts about this yet (EU) and only have paypal hooked to steam. And I have a couple of (at least) 17+ games.

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x 30 Oct @ 7:16am

Originally posted by rbaker1551lra:
Hey what do we do if we dont have a credit card and only a debit?

A debit might work on steam too, depends on the "network". Not all, but if it has a CVV (some numbers on the back) you should be fine. However, I don't have a credit card or debit card hooked to steam. I have my paypal. And even my paypal I use with "virtual" credit cards that I create as needed and with small limits as to avoid possible fraud.

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x 30 Oct @ 7:33am

Originally posted by R3dAlert93:
Its very dangerous to have are credit details on steam. This government are putting everyone at risk... I had my old accounts hacked before.

By now my paypal account should be old enough to buy adult games on steam :D

My suggestion is to have a low limit credit card hooked to steam. When you have a bigger purchase, use another method of payment.

I haven't been prompted to update anything and only have my paypal account hooked to steam.

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