OK, Play Station 3 (from Sony) is on parental control. PS2 (DVDs) and Xbox 360 (games, movies) also enjoy (or hate) a parental control option in them. But my question is will mom and pop across the globe be able to set up the security sensor password (without their child’s help, hehe, that is, what else) to prevent mature content. Believe me nobody reads dry and complicated user manual. And as far as functional expertise (?) goes gen-x always is more knowledgeable than their predecessors.



So Sony is making a commitment to the parents worldwide. That’s great. After rootkit controversy it needed something like this to repair broken image. The built in parental system will do that...to some extent

The video game industry faces increasing scrutiny from parents and watchdog groups-especially in the wake of this year’s scandal involving hidden adult content in the wildly popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas-

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Interestingly, Microsoft Corporation’s Xbox 360, which was launched last week, features parental controls that restrict access to DVDs and video games carrying ratings like “M” for mature or “T” for teen.



Techtree





Earlier this month, Nintendo announced similar plans for its next-generation machine, Revolution, due 2006





Seattletimes





If you remember anything much about the PS2, you’ll remember every time you put a DVD in, it would mention something about the parental controls if you had it configured. Well, now Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are stretching this to apply to video games as well, where parents can block children from playing games with a certain rating.....



Legitreviews





The video-game industry has been under tougher scrutiny in recent years as lawmakers enacted legislation restricting sales of violent video games to minors.





Mail & Guardian



“Violent games are blamed for problems that spring from other sources,” said Jason Della Rocca, program director for the International Game Developers Association. “Anything that reduces that is welcome.”



CIO Today