Overview
- Sony has begun sending on-console notices that future use of text messages and party voice chat will require age verification.
- The notice links by QR code to Sony’s site, where players can choose facial age estimation, a government ID upload, or an SMS code to a mobile number.
- Players who skip verification will still be able to play games, earn trophies, and browse the PlayStation Store.
- Reports say the notices are appearing in the UK and Ireland first, with a broader rollout expected but no confirmed start date.
- Coverage notes privacy concerns over facial scans and ID handling, even as Sony presents the move as meeting global online safety rules.