Rumor: Xbox 360 parental timer coming in December

My kid isn't even old enough to game yet and I still think this is awesome.

You know they add these features and it doesn't matter since the parents are "usually" too stupid to understand how to get the programs to work. I know the employees at Gamestop love to take the suckers for all they want to give. If anything I am sure there is a nice way to turn it off also and 1up the parents yet again.

If they are going to implement this feature, they really need to make some more sweeping changes to the Xbox 360 Profile system.

And if they are going to force you to sign in, they'd need some sort of Guest Profile functionality (which they already have), but it would need to be super-gimped (beyond just the inability to save games).

They'd need to force you to sign in, for one. And make profile passcodes much more conspicuous... right now, I don't think you can even set up a passcode for your profile unless it is Xbox Live enabled.

I guess I'm one of the few who doesn't see the importance of this.

Seriously, who really gives a shit about a timer? A TV timer works the same way, and it turns off the TV.

That, and we all know how smart the little bastards are, they'll just use another account, or use their parental account.

But! But! But the Xbox isn't a living person! NOW who will the poor children punch when they're told they can't play anymore?!

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!

But! But! But the Xbox isn't a living person! NOW who will the poor children punch when they're told they can't play anymore?!

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!

This is just another desperate attempt from Microsoft to appeal to parents because no one is buying the 360 these days. All they have is the halo hard core as their current installed base and a few others picked up along the way.

The numbers don't lie. Microsoft was quick to toot the 10 million sold in one year horn and they haven't even cracked 13,000,000 worldwide in the second year. In 07, they can't even sell 1/3 of what they claimed to have sold in their first year.

So now it's blues clues and parental controls!
Great Strategy!

Poontang has spoken!

What ever happened to parents just saying NO!

Family Timer = good. Filter out loud-mouthed brats off Xbox Live: few at a time plz.

I'm skeptical about this, simply because it will be incredibly difficult to work into older games without breaking Xbox compliance guidelines-- like, for example, never cutting a player off without the ability to save.

thanks to microsoft, more mother will be punch :(

360 = Failure on all levels (Quality issues and failure to meet sales targets for 2007)

Parental Control = Desperate attempt by MS

this'll be good for parents especially white parents. White folks are so scared of their kid(s). Hard for them to lay down the law. Why is it so hard to beat their ass when they complain and whine! beat that ass! That's parential control.