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New Parental Controls Limit Xbox Time

Posted by samzenpus on from the saying-no-is-hard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As part of a new marketing blitz to promote the Xbox 360 as a "family friendly" video game console, Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a new feature called Family Timer, which will show up in the Family Settings Screen. The Timer will let parents limit the number of hours their kids can play the Xbox on a daily or weekly basis. When the time limit is reached, the console will automatically shut off, ostensibly after saving the game."

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  1. This will solve nothing by johncadengo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This will solve nothing if parents aren't responsible enough to realize that their child is simply playing way too many video games. If they have to depend on a timer to shut off the Xbox, what else do they rely on to do parenting for them?

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  2. Re:So... by aichpvee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, it doesn't.

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