PlayStation consoles will need age verification to use voice chat from this year

If you’ve got a PS Plus account you’ll get an email soon enough (Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Big changes are coming to how you use your PlayStation console, with Sony being forced to demand age verification to use certain online features.

Until recently, all age verification meant was entering your date of birth into a website and wondering why they bother asking, when you could just make it up. It seems politicians have been wondering the same thing and now an increasing number of websites and online services require official confirmation of your age.

It won’t just be ‘adult sites’ that will become more difficult to access but also consoles, with Sony sending out emails starting this week, warning PlayStation 4 and <...