Actual children should not be playing this as this is a strategic team-oriented FPS , this isn’t Fortnite lol
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The barebones ones are the ones that Blizzard disallowed like VOIP and prepaid. It just isn’t worth it to switch for a video game. Regardless, this thread isn’t for me. I’ll borrow a relatives phone number and deal with having to pester them every time I need to verify through SMS. Many won’t have that option.
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I think it varies country to country. I’m sure whichever country you’re from, you don’t have the same mobile carriers that the USA does.
That’s a COOL story. Here’s another cool story.
I bought the DISC version of OW like 5+ years ago expecting to eventually go PC while on Console.
When I did end up getting a PC which was a Laptop such was exclusively HDD and I ended up being forced to BUY the game TWICE.
You gonna REFUND me my Money back cuz OW2 refuses to allow House line # to play the game?
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Nah you bought a license to play a game not the actual game TWICE, read the TOS next time, it will save you a lot of headache
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Probably kids with less than 13 years.
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I’m tickled such works for you. Such doesn’t work for me. So I can easily see such FAILING miserably when F2P is a HOAX.
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In that case im sure their parents have one they can use.
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yeah i play a quite a lot of them all the others (that i have played) offer to send the code to email.
i could use my sisters phone and pester her im just not that bothered. its all good.
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My 12 yo cousin already has a phone number for years. The only issue are his dumb parents. Who knows if they let him verify his phone number to play OW2.
It’s more than that-it’s the fact that some pre-pay plans are restricted. So those who do have a phone may still not be able to play cause they’re on a certain plan.
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And if the parents play the game also?
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you need a specific type of phone? wth does this mean?
i just have a phone, thats all.
I have a phone. I have 3. They’re all Cricket wireless which doesn’t qualify. This is absurd.
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I just learned of this NEWS atm & immediately frustrated by such having 2 accounts.
This is a TERRIBLE idea cuz it literally nullified & voided the whole notion of OW2 being a F2P game which is going to DELETE the potential overall Player base numbers via such fraudulent claims.
Which is just foolishness on Blizzards end.
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That’s crazy. 2 accounts and it’s a terrible idea. Who would have thought someone with more than 1 account will hate this phone requirement.
Crazy.
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they aren’t accepting prepaid mobile numbers
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I get that but it’s the overall Bigger Picture that is a FAR greater Problem here cuz Blizzard is once again forcing potential Players to BUY a cellular this time around instead of a $60 game.
Whoever thought such was a GOOD idea should be FIRED immediately.
Labeling OW2 as F2P is factually speaking FALSE Advertisement now which will destroy any hopes of OW2 ever going mainstream ever again.
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What annoys me far more than the number per se is that prepaid contracts are excluded. Hell, in my home country GERMANY, around 25% of all mobile phone users have a prepaid contract, myself included. Means if prepaid really doesn’t work, OW2 is effectively no longer free if you have to sign up for a permanent contract, because you don’t actually need it just to play a F2P game.
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People have phones. They pay $10 a month for a prepaid phone without a 2 year contract. The prepaid phones typically have limited data/sms/minutes a month because that suits them better. I had this for 7+ years.
Post-paid are typically locked in a 1yr or 2yr contract, and anwhere from $50 to $100 a month. Thats a lot of money for some people, and although it includes unlimited talk and text, and typically unlimited data its overkill and people dont pay for what they dont need 
I started traveling for work, so I had to switch to a post-paid Verizon phone 3 yrs ago. My phone bill went from $10 a month to $78/mo but hey, now I can play Overwatch 2 
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