Obama and Gaming - What it means

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I think he has the right approach, for parent's who want to control the content their kid's watch is fine and vice versa for those who dont want to put in any restrictions.

The main factor is kid's now will most probably find a way around it :D.
 
It mentions a non-voluntary standard across game age ratings but we already have that in the UK with the BBFC and this doesn't stop kids getting hold of 18 rated games, Most parents just don't care what games their kids have,

As I have said before, I have told parents that GTA contains sex, drugs, prostitution, murder, violence, kidnapping, car jacking etc. But the parents always say "well he hears worse at school anyway" or "it's only a game"
 
Age restrictions are stupid to be honest - theres plenty of immature 16 year olds who shouldnt be playing rated 12's let alone 16's .

Its all down to maturity - a good parent will know how mature their child is and decide if the title is ok for them to play or not.

A bad parent will just follow the age ratings blindly.

A worse parent simply doesnt care.
 
This will have no effect upon British gaming whatsoever. If you're an American who lives in America then this might be important.
 
Sounds good to me.

A console that, if it get's an 18 rated game or Movie inserted, Asks for a password. One that only the parent would know. Like the Sky Box would be amazing.

Then, If the parent wishes the child to beable to play the game, Then that's solely on the parent.

the people who think the violence or sex shouldnt be there in the first place, Why not? I'm 26, I want sex and violence in my games. I shouldnt be suffering because children under age get hold of them, How's that my fault? It's the parents.

Agreed, there isn't enough in place to block the children from getting the games themselves, from friends, etc. But if it's possible to put some sort of genre\age based blocking on consoles, That's great.
 
As we move towards a digital environment, there is a golden opportunity for the industry to do this on their own—to use the latest in technology to give parents more information and more choice. For example, this technology could make it possible for parents to create their own family tier just by programming their television to block certain channels, block certain genres of programming like dramas, or block television at certain times of the day. The same can be said of video games, especially as we’re moving into an era when they can be downloaded as easily as today’s movies and television shows.
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Parental controls already exhist on the Xbox 360 and PS3 I believe.

Don't think the Wii has any though.
 
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