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Mike Smith wrote:Concerned about your child’s gaming habits? Your life is about to be made easier — at least, if your family owns an Xbox 360. Microsoft, the console’s manufacturer, plans to include a “Family Timer” in the 360’s Fall System Update, due to roll out to all Internet-connected consoles on December 4.
The Family Timer, a feature that’s unique to the Xbox 360, allows parents to set a maximum amount of daily or weekly time that their kids can use the console. The unfortunate youth will receive a series of warnings as their time expires before being kicked out when the countdown reaches zero. Parents can override the timer if they feel their offspring deserves extra gaming privileges, or disable it altogether if they fancy a little play once the kids are in bed.
Downloading the update will be automatic if your Xbox is connected to a broadband network, and the update process should take less than a minute, Microsoft’s Group Project Manager Adam Greenberg told Yahoo!. Once downloaded, parents can find the Family Timer settings by going to the “System” blade of their console’s main menu. The timer can be set in 15-minute increments, and you can always ask the kids for help — although you may not want to let them know what you’re planning to do.
thoughts?
i guess its good 4 the young kids, not to play to much, but if ur older and ur parents doing that shit, thats wrong.
@General Los 6653 wrote:
i guess its good 4 the young kids, not to play to much, but if ur older and ur parents doing that shit, thats wrong.
if you’re older you shouldnt be living with your parents anyway…and if you’re in High School and your parents feel you need to get off the XBox then you have no life and they are probably right :^:
GMX on COD!...We get OURS!
@TR493DY 6663 wrote:
lmao @ parents asking the kids to help them set a limit to the amount of gaming they can do…
seriously!!!
and whatever happend to the “GET OFF THE NINTENDO!” (cuz everything after nintendo was still nintendo for my mom) then you dont listen and the controller gets pulled out of the system and hidden in ‘the spot’ (which, when you find it is GOLDEN) until you’ve suffered enough?
THATS how it should be done
Hell yea…parents just aren’t parents anymore, some have gotten soft
Microsoft has the right idea though, they are just going about it the wrong way, cuz what kid is going to help their parent set up a timer…but its true…kids play too many games for too long and they never go out anywhere….Ive seen kids on COD4 who are young, so they go to school all day, and they still have rolled over their rank like 4 times (if you have COD4 you know what im talking about)…thats sad for them to play it THAT much and still go to school all day, which says they dont do anything when they are home but play video games
GMX on COD!...We get OURS!
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