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December 28, 2023
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purchased games for child account

I’m a parent managing a child account. My child is the Oculus user. She wants to play Beat Saber so I purchased it from the store and gave her permission to use it, but in her headset it just says “Request sent.” I’m sure I must be missing a step, but I have no idea how to get her access to this game. 

I hope someone can help!

wd

34 replies

New Participant
December 29, 2023

I’m having the exact same issue with my son’s account.  I gave permission for Fruit Ninja 2 and bought the game, but on his headset it still says “request sent” (even though I accepted) and bought the game.  What am I missing or not doing?!? 🤷‍:male_sign:

 I find the interface terrible and confusing between Meta accounts, parental supervision, and the Oculus app. 😡

Participant
December 29, 2023

I had to switch to my account before the headset recognized that the game was available.

Also just to note, supervised accounts can only play the basic Beat Saber, if you purchase any music add-on packs the supervised account can't seem to access them. I don't know if that's a common DLC problem on the Quest or what.

Participant
January 4, 2024

The one song I purchased for him shows up. He can access it. But He can no longer request more addons.

New Participant
January 2, 2024

Same here, m really struggling to know how to manage my child’s account. She’s requested games, I’ve approved and given access, then purchased with her gift card but it is now only showing on my profile and not hers. I know I’m missing something but I followed the instructions given so don’t know what it is. PLEASE HELP!

Participant
January 4, 2024

At least it is showing on yours. They are only showing on my son's and then gifting options are gone. He can't request anything anymore.

MetaStoreHelp
Community Manager
January 4, 2024

Hey there BlackHawk20! It looks like you are having a few issues with the Beat Saber app, also, you didn't receive the link to redeem Asgard's Wrath 2. We'd love to help you out, so you can continue your journey in the wonderful world of VR! ​In order to do so, please reach out to us in a PM and we will be happy to dig deeper into this issue! Please select our name to get to our profile page, or click here. Next, click "Send a Message" to privately message us! Please remember, you must be signed into the community first to send us a private message. ​

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wendy751Author
New Participant
January 2, 2024

Thank you all for the replies! I ended up just requesting a refund. I never was able to get it to work. 

MetaStoreHelp
Community Manager
January 3, 2024

Hey everyone! We see you are having trouble with the purchased games for a child account. We want your little ones to have a fantastic VR experience, so we're more than happy to assist you! We recommend referring to this article and making sure you've completed all the required steps. Also, it might be worth trying to deny the permissions and then reallowing them to see if it helps resolve the problem.

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Participant
January 3, 2024

Does not help with Beat Saber’s DLC. 

Participant
January 4, 2024

Same issue here. Add to it that a few days ago I was able to gift my son a Weeknd song, and now want to buy the pack. It won't let me gift it and it won't let him request it. Additionally, the game uninstalled itself from my parent profile and won't let me reinstall it.

Also never received the code/email to download Asgard's Wrath 2 for free. And support is unresponsive.

New Participant
January 19, 2024

My child's account can't request any game above G (the age restriction on the account due to age). I bought a free PG game and I have tried to allow it on my child's account - but can't. The request button is not active despite the site saying this should be.

I contacted support about the issues - went around in circles and finally after a whole month was told it's not possible. That the account can't access PG games or request them as they can only play G games due to the age restriction. Completely ridiculous. 

MetaStoreHelp
Community Manager
January 22, 2024

Hello MetaPlata! It seems like you're facing some difficulties in getting games for your child! We'd be happy to assist you with this. Please send us a private message so that we can delve deeper into the matter and help you out. Please select our name to get to our profile page, or click here. Next, click "Send a Message" to privately message us! Please remember, you must be signed into the community first to send us a private message.

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New Participant
June 16, 2024

Well, I'm glad I came here before purchasing Beat Saber for my son's account.  It's perfectly clear to me that Meta has no desire to help parents monitor their children's safety in their VR accounts.  If they did, they wouldn't make it so incredibly difficult to access the parent center and purchase approved content for sharing across child accounts.  I think they figure if they make it difficult enough, we'll just give up and remove the parental controls.  Here's what I need:  a clear, step by step article that walks me through how to purchase a game for a family account and share it on both of my kids accounts.  Don't direct me to the link that just talks about how wonderful the accounts for pre-teens and teens are.  If they don't work, then they're useless.

New Participant
June 17, 2024

You are correct, it's beyond difficult. I've worked out that kids can only access games based on their age. So even if I determine a game to be ok, I can't authorise my kids to play it if their age does not match the classification. No wonder so many parents end up giving up on parental controls.