The shutdown law of South Korea was abolished last year after a decade of blocking children from gaming at nighttime. It was said to take effect in January, but Minecraft, which got R-rated because of this law, doesn't seem to acknowledge the situation that well.
Locally made online games had to implement a system that automatically kicked certain age groups from their servers, but for global companies like Microsoft, they just R-rated their services to save time and resources. This was applied to Minecraft back in July of 2021, when Mojang accounts, which were not affected, were starting to be migrated to Microsoft accounts, which were affected. This caoused a lot of backlash, some demanding for the disassembling of the Ministry of Women and Family, which is responsible for this law.
The law took effect in January, yet after more than a month, Koreans are still unable to migrate. Even worse, the migration deadline has been set, giving them less than a month to migrate. This is unacceptible, and we demand a postponal of the deadline with a clear and official response to the shutdown law's abolishment.
You can learn more about this law from the links below.
https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2021&no=663929
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210825000854
https://www.korea.kr/news/policyNewsView.do?newsId=148897555
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The 2014 purchase of Minecraft by Microsoft was not affected as the game still used Mojang accounts which were not affected by the law as the decentrallized nature of Minecraft servers were impossible for the government to control. This was not one of a kind by the way as the law and the ministry behind it was an absolute piece of shit, and children could easily bypass it by using their parents' ID number or simply playing mobile games.
Fast foreward to July of 2021, the account migration to Microsoft began, and being the account system that has already been involved in the PC market, Microsoft accounts were already affected and R-rated to bypass the hastle that is the shutdown system. This caused a lot of backlash fueled by the generation of gamers who could now vote and demonstrate unlike 10 years ago when they were too young. Online demonstrations such as protests and ingame exhibitions were held. You can visit https://saveminecraft.kr/ for more details, but you might need Google translate for that.
The law was abolished and was said to take effect from January onwards. However, no other announcements were made ever since, and migration is still not open to Korean players. This is becoming more and more alarming as the deadline has been set and we have less than a month left to migrate.
Hello!
We are actively reviewing the situation and will enable migration for these accounts once we are fully comfortable with the experience. We hope to be able to provide this soon.
Forced migration will be activated in batches just like migration was. We will not activate it on accounts that have not been given the option to migrate - our intention is not to shut players out.
I hope this answers your concerns!
Thanks for the response. This gives us a sigh of relief that there will be some time left for a successful migration for as many players as possible. This sigh is also a sigh of concern by the way, because we're back to square 1 of hopelessly waiting for migration to open without any confirmation of a fixed schedule. Hypixel has already restricted access to certain games for Mojang accounts, and other 3rd parties will follow suit. They'll shut down Mojang account support, and there will be consequences that you would need to compensate. Do you have the plans and capabilities to deal with all the issues involving thousands of accounts and dozens of 3rd party services? If not, I'm afraid some people won't let their pitchforks down.
So, when can Korea start migrating? After or before March 10? It seems to be a good idea to transfer even an adult account first. And is it possible in Korea when Microsoft makes the xbox account even a minor?
그리고 CivetKitty님은 한국인이신가요 혹쉬..?
If i get this right:
The law was made in 2011.
In 2014, Microsoft decided to not sell to <19 year olds. Which did not affect mojang accounts, but did affect Microsoft accounts.
And the Account migration now causes people with Mojang accounts to lose access to the game because it migrates to affected Microsoft accounts?