Playstation 3 to Ship with Parental Controls

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Playstation 3 to Ship with Parental Controls
Contributed by dw2003 on 25 Oct 2005 - 21:00

Sony has reaffirmed its commitment to the protection of minors from the effects of violent videogames with the announcement of in-built parental controls for its next generation PS3 console.

Sony joined Japan's biggest retailers, publishers and developers in a discussion with the Tokyo government last week, designed to establish a universal approach to the issue of violent videogames and their alleged associated effects on children.

The city's government, along with several prefectural governments across Japan, is considering a wide-reaching change to its current rating system and preventing the sale of certain software to minors, in a similar fashion to European practices.

Microsoft, also present at the talks, has already confirmed that its forthcoming Xbox 360 console will have an adaptable parental control systems in place, allowing parents to dictate what content can be played on the console.
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[Mephistopheles]

Xbox 360 console will have an adaptable parental control systems in place, allowing parents to dictate what content can be played on the console.

Shouldn't the parents decide which consoles and games they buy to their kids in the first place?

Don't blame the kids, blame their parents, for buying them psychotic or too violent games, the kids can't buy them by themselves anyway, they don't work so they don't have money.