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PS3 to Offer Parental Controls

Techtree News Staff, Nov 28, 2005 1600 hrs IST

Sony Corporation has reportedly announced parental controls in its forthcoming PlayStation 3.

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Sony Corporation has reportedly announced parental controls in its forthcoming machine, PlayStation 3, that promise to help parents restrict their children's access to violent video games.

For PlayStation 2, parental controls will extend only to movies and not to games. Sony Corporation remained incommunicado about further details.

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. Parental controls are present in Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service as well; these allow parents to have a say in who their children interact with.

In recent times the video game industry has come under the scanner, with increasing legislation restricting sale of violent video games to minors.

Doug Lowenstein, president, Entertainment Software Association, said that with the average age of game players now being 30, it is obvious that the industry is creating content to cater to a wide range of audiences. However it is commendable that game console makers are voluntarily applying parental controls not yet found in other media devices like music players or DVDs, Lowenstein said.

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Mary

,Chisum, on Oct 08, 2007 08:17 PM

My son has a PS2. A parental code was put on it when he first got it, which was a few years ago, but now we don't remember what it was. How do we go about getting the code or resetting it?

Alex Fenderson

,Draper, Utah, on Nov 28, 2005 09:24 PM

I like the idea of parental controls. I think that for parents that are "too busy" to actually parent their kids, it would be great to control the games as well

Ashbo

,Sydney, on Nov 29, 2005 01:23 AM

parents that are "too busy" to actually parent their kids should not have had kids in the first place... (ever heard of daycare). this would also leave the parents heaps of time to play games. Kids will always find a way to break a rule, it's what being a kid is all about. If you don't let them watch stuff at home then they will just go 'round to there mates house who's mum' and dad are hippie's and let their kids watch woteva they like ayway... good try though sony

anonymous

,anonymous, on Oct 24, 2006 03:14 PM

This coming from a convicted child molester great advice just the kind of person we want to take advice from to raise our children.

bob

,madison, on Nov 29, 2005 01:44 AM

this is retarted stupid tree hugers

Anonymous

,bowling green, on Oct 14, 2006 03:21 AM

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Roshan 'sorcere

,Mumbai, on Nov 29, 2005 08:16 PM

i wouldnt be suprised if they make a mod on it-besides do you actually think when piracy of ps3 cds are made-this things will work

rahul bhattacha

,siliguri, on Feb 15, 2006 10:38 AM

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rahul bhattacha

,siliguri, on Feb 15, 2006 10:33 AM

this is the foolish thing sony can do to us. we have been waiting so long and now we hear that so of the game which is rated 'M' and 'T' are not playable this is crazy. that means we cannot play some of best game like 'Gta',and many more

Demetrius

,Brockton, on Dec 10, 2005 04:46 AM

well, I think that this idea does not agree with me, I may be 11 years old, but I can play rated m and t games as long as there not xxx movies ,this idea should be cancled

devin

,cichigo, on Dec 17, 2005 07:46 PM

this is crazy and stupit at the same time I am so disapointed at this stuf lol it makes me sick

Nick

,Montgomery, on Dec 13, 2005 11:17 PM

I know,i mean just because u play grand theft auto dont mean ur going too go steal someones car,then go pick up a hooker....

Demetrius

,Brockton, on Dec 10, 2005 04:53 AM

It's me again,I want to ask visitors of this .com do you think of parental controls on your 360 or ps3 (when you get one). WHO EVER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nick

,Montgomery, on Dec 01, 2005 11:04 PM

Dude why should the people of sony have to monitor other peoples kids?Think about it,shouldnt the parents monitor what their kids buy and play?

Daylene

,Port Angeles, on Dec 01, 2005 12:26 AM

i think its lack of parenting if they need to put controls on electronics

Ashbo

,Sydney, on Nov 30, 2005 07:25 AM

Mother/father, "how do you work this parental control"... Son/daughter, "here, I'll show you how to do it" I can see a few situations like this arising. Most kids will be the one's showing their parents how it works, therefore the kids will just wait till mum/dads not looking. derr

Roshan 'sorcere

,Mumbai, on Nov 30, 2005 07:19 PM

TRUE-very true point. besides- do parents really care-i mean do ALL parents care????

Fetter

,North Tonawanda, on Nov 29, 2005 04:18 AM

I agree with the idea of Parental controls no matter what. Especially with the types of games that are out there.

Ashbo

,Sydney, on Nov 30, 2005 07:22 AM

stupid, stupid, stupid. Parental control, (the parent should control) not entertainment companies.

Zamsak

,Navi Mumbai, on Nov 29, 2005 02:50 PM

That is great. Now I can bully my BRO. Way to go Sony. Anyway there will be a universal code for bypassing it. It is printed in the Manual. For the PS2 it is 7444.

srlprthp

,Chennai, on Nov 29, 2005 01:50 PM

hey , how does this parental control work exactly???

Anonymous

,, on Nov 29, 2005 10:40 AM

dude

,oxnard, on Nov 29, 2005 10:38 AM

not news at all, the PS2 has parental controls too

Bung

,Suttanup, on Nov 29, 2005 07:43 AM

grrr

jei-crash

,keokuk, on Nov 29, 2005 01:27 AM

Will parental controls be passible via certain key combos? or will a qwerty keyboard be needed with an actual "passphrase". If not real "word" is used then kids will just mash away at the controller untill the movie/game plays. I know with current PC techniques used in consoles all you have to do is answer "yes" or "no" and you can watch the movie. Great idea, but parents still need to get involved more. We don't need anymore "Hot Coffee" idiots sueing anyone.

Ashbo

,Sydney, on Nov 29, 2005 01:27 AM

good try MS and Sony... Just something new for the modders and hackers to crack their knuckles and have a go at...

Brian

,Black Creek, on Nov 28, 2005 11:54 PM

Well, this all goes back to the fact that parents should really just watch out for what thier children are buying, and half the time they are buying it for them! Just stop buying the thing you hate and you wouldn't need the Lockes etc. Spend time with your kids instead of just passing the responsability of raising your children to gameing companies! Btw, I'm 16, not a 56 year old angry old guy.

Scott

,Marijuanaville, on Nov 28, 2005 08:54 PM

Yeah, so??? What's new about that? I mean, yeah, with 360 having parental controls on games...that's cool, but PS2 has a parental control on DVD's, too...why is it so surprising that PS3 will have it?

flubber

,Boston, on Nov 28, 2005 10:38 PM

well read it again and pay attention. theres parental control FOR GAMES as well. not just dvd's. thats whats new about it.

Sabier

,Hyderabad, on Nov 28, 2005 04:28 PM

Good to hear this. But as always, questions are to be raised. If a Sony labelled movie ( for instance ) that would sell millions of copies worldwide but its content has prompted an "M/R" rating, would the company have the guts to go ahead and control viewership? I say this because there are many movies (or franchises) that have different ratings within a specific genre. As a result, what is in fact a kid's adventure movie turns out to be consored because it was rated as Mature. The console identifies the rating and automatically denies viewership. The owner is inconvenienced into changing the settings constantly. Consequently, sales would be affected and the console will also take a beating, which is a bit of a paradox. From the way I see it, this parental control is only a step to appease the broader mass into accepting the console into their homes. Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo, the shrewd giants that they are, know that parents don't have the time or patience to dabble around with these controls and they'll watch an Adult movie with the kids hanging around. It's just the thought of having a parental control that makes them happy. No that they'll actually use it.

Johnnie

,Los Angeles, on Nov 28, 2005 10:11 PM

I see your point and agree with you fully. What I hope they will do which I have seen in other DVD players with Parental Controls is that it will prompt/allow either a 1-time viewing of this movie or will allow this movie to always be played. When the movie starts the parent simply inputs their parental password and away the movie goes. Some parental control software even goes so far as to having lists of movies that are downloaded from the internet and the parent would simply put a check mark next to the movie that is okay for the children to watch. I also heard that Blockbuster and Walmart are working with some entities for parental controls, since they already screen what material they rent/sell to people. It would simply recognize where the item was purchased or rented from and automatically allow from the parental controls.

cameron

,coalville, on Nov 28, 2005 07:44 PM

that is ok, but depending that the parent can access the ps3 and change the rules like that and that they don't come already loked by sony or the company. As a young adult myself, i think that it is a good idea but it would need to be safely kept a secret as kids do try to find it out (trust me, i was young!)

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