• Hal-5700X
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    13 minutes ago

    Man, the Germans have a history of taking L’s.

  • choco
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    6 hours ago

    Older titles should be restricted to +18 by default, at least they would stay purchasable.

    • MrScottyTay
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      2 hours ago

      Don’t know if they can legally pretend it has a rating though

      • Kelly@lemmy.world
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        1 hour ago

        You 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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    7 hours ago

    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.

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      7 hours ago

      If 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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      Because no one else is requiring some shitty rating system?