GoG Forever

Steam was forced to put that in due to a new UK law.
GoG is probably not immune to this either.

Oh, for goodness sake. Hope the download time didn’t count towards “playtime” if you’ve hit the 2 hour mark and you can get a refund, OP.

I have a credit card and don’t live in the UK, but this “age verification” thing is ridiculous, IMHO. All because parents can’t be bothered to do their job.

You are misinformed.

You need to add a credit card if you want access to purchase adult games, in other words porn games. GTAV is not affected by this new age restriction policy currently.

Well I made an assumption it was all 18+ games which I'm pretty sure GTA is. It was more how long I've spent downloading it, I've had it on my account for years but I only recently got a gaming PC again. This is still a mess. Be nice if they sent an email out explaining.
Either way I don't dare buy any more games incase they suddenly are effected. It's not going to stay at just porn games. As for GoG you can obviously save the files, they can't retroactively take them from you like Steam can.

Downloading for 2 hours doesn't count to the refund limit, but you still have the hard 2-week limit from the instant it was added to your account.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Downloading for 2 hours doesn't count to the refund limit, but you still have the hard 2-week limit from the instant it was added to your account.

I've had it years mate. It's just all the time I've wasted downloading it is all. It's not the end of the world I do have bigger problems lol.

Originally posted by miamew3:

You are misinformed.

You need to add a credit card if you want access to purchase adult games, in other words porn games. GTAV is not affected by this new age restriction policy currently.

Apparently it's only GTA online that will be introducing it. I haven't done much research cos I only just now found out about needing a credit card to age verify. Should be shown on login page or something imo. This is peoples cold hard cash we are talking about but Valve haven't cared for a long time I suspect. I wont be spending anymore I've got enough old games to play.

Originally posted by miamew3:

You are misinformed.

You need to add a credit card if you want access to purchase adult games, in other words porn games. GTAV is not affected by this new age restriction policy currently.

Misinformation makes more YouTube money than true information.

Originally posted by GentExec:

Originally posted by miamew3:

You are misinformed.

You need to add a credit card if you want access to purchase adult games, in other words porn games. GTAV is not affected by this new age restriction policy currently.

Apparently it's only GTA online that will be introducing it. I haven't done much research cos I only just now found out about needing a credit card to age verify. Should be shown on login page or something imo. This is peoples cold hard cash we are talking about but Valve haven't cared for a long time I suspect. I wont be spending anymore I've got enough old games to play.

Thats just a rumour that they are thinking of adding it. There has been no official confirmation from Rockstar regarding it.

OP, the age verification does not apply to games you already own. You can download and play it no problem.

Stop listening to youtube clickbait, they're usually wrong on the subject because they want views, nothing more.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Downloading for 2 hours doesn't count to the refund limit, but you still have the hard 2-week limit from the instant it was added to your account.

There is only a 2 week limit if that’s what the consumer laws in your country state, Steam doesn’t get to decide when someone is entitled to a refund.

Originally posted by GentExec:

I wouldn't even have known about it if it wasn't for youtube, that's totally my point. Valve are not being very upfront or clear. I get that the UK gov is at fault but steam demanding I get a credit card at 42 is a joke. Not everyone needs to borrow money.

Valve are still working on that, but the CC requirement was a quick and easy solution to the current problem. Even the numbers show that over 60% of people in the UK use CCs, so from a numbers point of view, it was a safe bet.

All you can hope for is that Valve allows for more means of age verification soon.

Until then, there are no issues with you playing games you already own.

I wouldn't even have known about it if it wasn't for youtube, that's totally my point. Valve are not being very upfront or clear.

Originally posted by datCookie:

Until then, there are no issues with you playing games you already own.

Nice one mate. Shame I deleted it before I started this thread. I got gifted GTA5 ages ago anyway and my PC wont play enhanced version so probs just give it up as a bad job!