Microsoft to Add Video Game Timer to Xbox 360
Wed Nov 7, 2007 10:16PM EST
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Introducing the Xbox Arcade is not the only play Microsoft is making for families. The company has responded to parents who want to put limits on kids' video game playing but often end up battling with their children when the time comes to shut it down.
Microsoft announced it will add a timer to limit playing time on Xbox consoles daily or weekly. When the timer reaches its limit, the console will turn off.
Microsoft's Windows Vista computer OS has a similar feature. And the Xbox 360 already allows parents to restrict the kind of games played based on content ratings.
Robbie Bach, Microsoft's entertainment and devices division president, said the company's research shows that parents miss the ability to electronically enforce time limits they verbally put in place. Which, I can only assume from personal experience, are often ignored.
LINK: Microsoft adds new parental controls to Xbox 360 [Reuters]
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2 Posted by dory_devlin on Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:48PM EST Report Abuse
hyperfamilyman, the setup is within Parental Controls. For the how-to, check out my next post that answers your question: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/devlin/19805 Let us know if set up some time limits and how your kids react to it!
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3 Posted by chrismgordon1 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:47AM EDT Report Abuse
hyper the only thing has ten times more options for parental control time limits in OS X 10.5 Leopard
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1 Posted by hyperfamilyman on Thu Nov 8, 2007 2:48PM EST Report Abuse
How do you access the timer on vista? May be the only thing I like about vista.