Nintendo of Europe Blocks Daytime 18+ eShop Content

[Madmanonfire]

Epic article fail. Now people who don't read any other news source will have a false reason to bash Nintendo, as people have already done so above.

Even if the time is wrong, it doesn't change that the method is still kind of stupid. Just as kids are unlikely to be using the console between 11:00a.m.-3:00p.m. because of school, I'd imagine most parents who care about what mature content their kid sees would also put them to bed well before the 11:00p.m.-3:00a.m. time. By contrast, who's most likely to be able to access that console at those times? Adults who work from home, uni students who don't have class that day, or really any adult that doesn't need to work at those times.

Even if that wasn't the case and the time was say between 3:00p.m. to 10:00p.m., when children are likely to be home, it doesn't change the fact that this isn't something that applies to only children gamers, but gamers of all ages (in Europe anyways). As people have said, Nintendo should have just done what Microsoft or Sony does, i.e. restrict mature content only for accounts listed as children accounts.

Point being is that the reporting here was wrong, sure, but it doesn't change the fact that this seems like a rather useless initiative that targets the exact opposite group of what Nintendo of Europe had in mind

I never said it was a good idea. I disagree with it as well. I'm just commenting on how people will believe the "blocked from 11AM to 3PM" part.

 

[Marshall Honorof]

As multiple people have pointed out, I reversed the times during which content was available in the initial article. I've made the appropriate corrections, and apologize for the error.

 

[theultimateend]

In an effort to shield young eyes from mature content...

Ahh, I figured "Save the childrens" was the source of this stupidity.
Nothing more to comment on it beyond that; it's just another bubble-headed attempt to protect children from concepts they're going to be familiar with well before they reach the 6th grade anyway.

Edit: As many others have pointed out, the timing of the event makes no sense.
11am to 3pm...children are in school, but the sources cite 11pm to 3am.
This is a problem because...clearly most children are going to be playing WiiU after midnight?
What?

I wonder why some adults forget what childhood was like?

I saw violent movies and porn at a pretty young age, I'm a very respectful guy [in person, the internet is weird to psychology] who abhors violence.

It's not that simple and kids aren't that easily "tainted" :/...

 

[Atmos Duality]

I wonder why some adults forget what childhood was like?

I saw violent movies and porn at a pretty young age, I'm a very respectful guy [in person, the internet is weird to psychology] who abhors violence.

It's not that simple and kids aren't that easily "tainted" :/...

Well, if the "Save the childrens" movement were remotely correct, I should have become a raving violent sex-obsessed lunatic rapist who murders everyone long ago. The kind of monster that causes shit like Columbine, or starts a cult of counter-cultural anarchists bent on destruction (so they claim).

Instead, I'm...an unremarkably boring guy. Huh.

I forget who (I think it was Seanbaby), who made this brilliant quote that went something like:

"OK, lets suppose you get what you want, and shield your little girl from all the evils of the world throughout her childhood to keep her from turning into a freak.
You can lock your daughter in a mausoleum for 12 years, but she is still going to be a freak when you let her out."

 

[antipunt]

This... makes absolutely no sense in about twelve different ways. Wow.

*sing*

"On the 12th day of christmas, Nintendo did to me...."

 

[Weaver]

Foolproof plan. As a kid I know I never once stayed up past 11pm playing video games.

 

[Charli]

Europe is doing this.
EUROPE.

The same continent in which most regular viewing switches to porn some time close to 9-10pm?

Nintendo shut the flying nuggets up and implement a proper system. You don't need to play parenting, we'll defend you from slacktavist parents.

No excuse for this.

Parents should know what their kids are playing and be disciplinary about it. This is a restriction that shouldn't exist.

 

[Vyniir]

Well this is just foolish, what about all the people who are in work during those times?

I'm certain that Nintendo could have enacted some other method to block the content... a simple password maybe?

 

[xptn40S]

Ugh, it's rather odd that for every single thing that makes the Wii U seem like it might be a good console to have (like in my case, watching an analysis of a Pikmin 3 Gameplay-trailer and liking what I'm seeing), there's stuff like this that makes me think: "Are these guys really keeping their shit together?", seriously, it's giving me mixed feelings. :[

 

[SonofaJohannes]

That's just stupid. Back when I was a kid I was up way after 11pm, and now that I'm 18+ I'm normally in bed before that.

 

[N3squ1ck]

That crap is going on in Germany all the time with everything, it is frustrating if you just want to grab a Crysis 3 Alpha key and the site keeps telling you that that's not possible yet =/

 

[NiPah]

Well that's just annoying, thankfully I don't own a Nintendo system or live in Europe.
Still I find the idea plain stupid, you'd think they would have thought up an idea that didn't prevent at-age paying customers from giving them money.

 

[Notsomuch]

How asinine. You can tell right away that the laws and regulations were put in place by people who have little to no interaction with or understanding of modern technology.

 

[Rad Party God]

Oh Ninty, you just shot youself in the foot... again...

 

[Beautiful End]

*Facepalm*

Nintendo (Of Europe), stop trying to babysit everyone's children! I mean, I get it. You're doing it with the best intention but that's now how you do it! You're punishing everyone just because of those irresponsible parents/children.

There are other better methods than that. Why is Nintendo doing the worst decisions as of lately?
As an old childhood friend, it worries me.

 

[mattttherman3]

Did a nice head desk there, really overprotective here, like making helmets mandatory for adults riding a motorcycle!

 

[Ken Sapp]

It would have been one thing if they were merely complying with the laws and regulations of an idiotic government, but enforcing a ridiculous restriction like this on your own....

They deserve whatever outraged loss of profits they incur from this move and then some.

 

[munx13]

So much for Nintendo trying to establish the Wii U as a machine for mature gamers...