South Korea Curfewing PSN and XBL

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SCE Korea has confirmed that it will be blocking access to the PlayStation Network for users under the age of 16 every night between midnight an 6am.

Microsoft is to implement a similar measure on Xbox Live, too.

Originally it was thought that games consoles would not be affected by new South Korean laws aiming to curb online games addiction, Kotaku reports, but this is now not the case.

In addition, from this Friday (November 18th) those aged under 16 will not be able to register a new PSN account.

Platform holders have complained about the short timeframe which they have been given to implement the new measures. Indeed, Sony has yet to confirm exactly how it will go about handling the situation.

The move will also hit Xbox Live, though Sony’s machine enjoys a far broader user base in the territory. Apparently Microsoft is considering simply shutting down its entire XBL network in the region for all users every night.

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Source: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/psn-and-xbl-to-suffer-south-korean-shutdown/087359

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ijordaniPosted:

I don't think most of the people here realize this is for Korea ONLY. This does not apply for the US. I'm pretty sure that most people on this site are not from Korea, so there really is no reason to be complaining.

TehHarMPosted:

Most countries will not be affected by this as it is only in Korea. PSN and XBL have Servers for each country. E.g:
UK Server 1
UK Server 2
UK Server 3
UK & USA Server 1
UK & USA Server 2
UK & USA Server 3

This goes on and on until all the servers are mixed with each country so Players from all over the world can play together. So if you end up not being able to connect you are either on a Korea Server or Under 16.

DunPosted:

You guys are F**king retarded it says they will be blocking access to the Playstation Network and xbox live (im assuming) FOR USERS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 Every NIGHT Between Midnight and 6am. Obviously little kids are gunna be pissed but only the ones under 16.

HGxREAPERZZPosted:

this is so stupid why would you ver do this your going to loose so much money

FiberzzPosted:

This is going to loose both companies so much business. What's going to happen to the men who have opposite from normal work hours and come home at 12am and want to relax and play some xbox with there friends.

IglesiasPosted:

Suckers! Even tho they will be smarter
HA!

Xbox__LivePosted:

hahahahahahahahaa that sucks for them

TTGvDubstepPosted:

UnlimitCAL If sony and microsoft start working together it will be the end of the world as we know it!
But i like that microsoft will start to turn off XBL for the night since little kids that have a big mouth wont be able to get on XBL or PSN at night.
trueeeeee but im 13 ans when i create my xbl accounts there always 18 n over will this affect me

Fuzzy_FzPosted:

i can understand were the little kids are coming from but i do hate trying to be a mature player and play later to stay away from so said little kids. they just ruin the game when i try to take it seriously

TTG-monkehPosted:

that is BS


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