So we bought our boys a PS4 last Christmas and they've gotten a few titles over the past year. In that time frame I set them up with subaccounts on PlayStation Network so they could play online, etc.

Up until now when we got the oldest (he's now 14) Titanfall 2, we've never run into any issues with him getting online to play anything. He's now getting a age restriction warning and is not ebing allowed to play online, so after buying this game the only thing he can do is campaign mode, which apparently he just finished.

So...question is...other than simply allowing him to use my main account (I only have it because I set the thing up in my name, I don't play any of this stuff) is there a work around to this other than deleting his subaccount and setting it up again with a fake birthday? It appears if we were to do that, he'd lose whatever crap he's earned having had that username all this time, or something...which I hear isn't ok.

Anyway around this? Thanks.

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Posted by Darth Aranda

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:46 am to GeauxTigerTM

Is there any way he can just change his date of birth for that account?

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:50 am to Darth Aranda

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Is there any way he can just change his date of birth for that account?

No, it doesn't appear so. It's listed under my username on PSN as a sub-account, and the option of altering a birthdate is not available. Think it's a security deal or something.

I appreciate SONY wanting to put this restriction on, but it would seem that it ought to be up to parents to decide what and when their kids can do something. I ought to be able to alter his access from my account and do the parenting...

All that being said, we have a work around with him using my main account...it's just not an ideal one. I'd like to fix his if possible.

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Posted by Darth Aranda

Naboo

Member since Dec 2016

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 11:04 am to GeauxTigerTM

If there's no way you can change the date of birth on either of the accounts then I'm not sure how you could fix it. You could call Sony and see if they can do anything about it

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Posted by BROffshoreTigerFan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 11:36 am to GeauxTigerTM

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Select (Settings) > [Parental Controls] > [Sub Account Management], and then follow the on-screen instructions to enter your sign-in information. Select the account that you want to view or change usage restrictions for.

Restricting the use of features Select [Parental Controls] to set restrictions for these features.

Content Restriction By default, PlayStation®Store hides age-inappropriate content. Select [Off] to disable this restriction. [Off] means your child can view PlayStation®Store content for any age.

That should be what you're looking for

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Posted by GeauxTigerTM

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:02 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan

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BROffshoreTigerFan

Awesome...that seems to have done the trick, thanks! I had seen that, but after having done a little bit of research it looked like that wasn;t going to be the right fix so I had never tried it. I was still able to keep him from chatting or hearing other gamers talking, so I won;t have to worry about the 9 year old walking through the room and hearing some 40 year old screaming frick over the internet! haha

Thanks for your help...he was very happy.

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Posted by BROffshoreTigerFan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 1:57 pm to GeauxTigerTM