> Then the solution is to teach them, not to rely on a technical solution to prevent them of doing something you don't like.
C'mon, did that work on YOU when you were a 10-yr old? It sure as hell didn't work on ME. Both of my parents worked, and they were both excellent parents, but I know I made it my mission, like so many other kids, to do as many Forbidden things possible if they were fun.
>As a parent, your role is to monitor what your child does. Or at least to try.
And a good parent will, but as a parent yourself, you must know that you can't be there to monitor them all the time. What if you have a 16-yr old and a 10-yr old? You'd want the 16-yr old to be able to play whatever games at his leisure and not the 10-yr old. So give him the code to the lockout, don't give it to the young one.
Maybe you don't typically use the lock-out, but you enable it when the babysitter comes over so she doesn't play your violent games with your kids in the room.
Parental lock-out systems are nothing new...people make a big deal out of putting it on the Xbox but it's no different than the ones that exist on cable boxes and DVD players all over the world already.
It's just a tool. A tool for responsible parents to use or not use as they see fit. And Microsoft (or any other console manufacturer) is definitely none the worse for giving parents a tool they might never use.
Someone says "Microsoft" and you guys jump all over it like crazed people!
So, my DVD player and cable box are "censoring" content by having a parental lock feature? Because that's all this is...
If the linux-based Indrema console had the exact same feature, you'd all be lauding it for responsibly giving parents the ability to control what their children are exposed to and giving developers an "out" that lets them create whatever content they desire. ("If you don't want our violent/sexy game played in your home, you can just lock it out!")
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> Then the solution is to teach them, not to rely on a technical solution to prevent them of doing something you don't like. C'mon, did that work on YOU when you were a 10-yr old? It sure as hell didn't work on ME. Both of my parents worked, and they were both excellent parents, but I know I made it my mission, like so many other kids, to do as many Forbidden things possible if they were fun. >As a parent, your role is to monitor what your child does. Or at least to try. And a good parent will, but as a parent yourself, you must know that you can't be there to monitor them all the time. What if you have a 16-yr old and a 10-yr old? You'd want the 16-yr old to be able to play whatever games at his leisure and not the 10-yr old. So give him the code to the lockout, don't give it to the young one. Maybe you don't typically use the lock-out, but you enable it when the babysitter comes over so she doesn't play your violent games with your kids in the room. Parental lock-out systems are nothing new...people make a big deal out of putting it on the Xbox but it's no different than the ones that exist on cable boxes and DVD players all over the world already. It's just a tool. A tool for responsible parents to use or not use as they see fit. And Microsoft (or any other console manufacturer) is definitely none the worse for giving parents a tool they might never use.
Someone says "Microsoft" and you guys jump all over it like crazed people! So, my DVD player and cable box are "censoring" content by having a parental lock feature? Because that's all this is... If the linux-based Indrema console had the exact same feature, you'd all be lauding it for responsibly giving parents the ability to control what their children are exposed to and giving developers an "out" that lets them create whatever content they desire. ("If you don't want our violent/sexy game played in your home, you can just lock it out!")