Xbox 360 Gets Parental Controls: “That is SO unfair!” November 8, 2007
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Microsoft is siding with Mummy and Daddy this week kids by announcing the Xbox 360 Family Timer.
This parental control feature is designed to stop kids from rotting their precious little minds by playing the 360 all day when what they should really be doing is rotting their brains on Bebo and MyFarce talking to 40-year old trench-coat perverts disguised as 12-year old girls from Windsor.
The control allows parents to set just how long little Johnny can play the Xbox 360 on a daily or weekly basis, reminding them at set intervals just how long they have left. It will be available as a download from Xbox LIVE in December. According to Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft:
“As the father of three school-aged children, I know how hard it is to keep tabs on the time they spend watching TV or playing video games. I want my kids to have fun, but also know the importance of placing limits on the type of activities and the amount time they spend sitting in front of a screen.
My kids actually don’t have access to any screens during the week – we save that for weekends only. It’s very important to me and my wife – and I think to all parents – that their kids get up off the couch and move! Play basketball, go play outside with their friends, entertain themselves in diverse ways.”
Kevin and Perry would not be impressed.-Martin Lynch
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HA,at least i don't own an xbox.
(Wii 4 evr!)
HA, shame you were born a dick though!
er doesnt the Wii already have loads of parental controls and bits and bobs to make sure you dont play too much without resting etc
You're right i was just makin a point... no need to be rude Jim!!
Maybe there should be a parental version for this as well, one that after a certain amount of playing pops up a copy of "Everything Bad Is Good For You" on the screen and tells them how video games don't rot brains, in fact quite the opposite. New technologies have always brought up old fears, but education has always been the answer, not pandering to paranoia
but parents are to scared to let there kids go out and play incase they are abducted so you'll have the kids running around the house shouting, screaming and breaking everything, so how long till mummy and daddy crack and just let them play