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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. Why is the box smarter than me? by rice_burners_suck · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It should be my problem what I decide to do with an Xbox (assuming I owned one, which I don't). What if, say, I have some friends over and they take turns playing games, while I'm finishing up some homework before leaving to go to a party? That will count against my weekly maximum, unfairly!! We, as intelligent human beings, don't need the machines that are our own making to tell us what to do!

  2. Master Chief says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I pitty the fool!

  3. Microsoft's plan? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Limit Xbox time
    2. ???
    3. PROFIT!!!