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Sony to let parents control PlayStation 3 access

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, and on the Xbox, they can also block them from interacting with certain people online. I have varying opinions on this, but let's just leave this up to the readers!

Sony Corp. has become the latest of the video game console makers to announce parental controls in it newest machine, according to the Entertainment Software Association. Now, all three major console makers are promising parents the means to help restrict their children?s access to violent video games. Sony will place the controls on its forthcoming machine, PlayStation 3, according to the ESA. Users of PlayStation 2 could limit access, but only to movies, not games.The company wasn?t immediately prepared to comment. Microsoft Corp. had already placed parental controls in its new Xbox 360, which debuted last week. The machine lets users restrict access to video games and DVDs that carry certain ratings, such as ?T? for ?teen? or ?M? for ?mature.? It also offers parental controls on the company?s Xbox Live online gaming service, limiting who their children can interact with. Earlier this month, Nintendo Inc. announced similar plans for its next-generation machine, Revolution, due out in 2006.

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Posted by | Mon, Nov 28, 2005 - 09:11 AM