Until verification is complete, access to [social features] will be limited to friends only

don't threaten me with a good time

I'm using a Hotmail account from the '90s, fuck off.

Please Drink a Verification Can

You know that warm feeling you get when you realize that you aren't part of a gated closed ecosystem and have control over your own hard- and software?

Why? Everyone is 12. We've known this as long as Xbox Live has existed.

Yoti, a trusted third-party identity verification provider

Sure they could do it without relying on a third party, but Microsoft knows its users are going to have an easier time trusting "Yoti" rather than trusting Microsoft.

Won't somebody think of the children? (/s)

The death of online gaming?

Who fucking cares?