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kiefer23 on 11 July 2009
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disolitude said:

@MontanaHatchet

You are probably right in saying that the mom may have wanted to protect her son from violent games, as I even heard Call of Duty being mentioned by the kid. But at the same time he can pick up Madworld or House of the Dead for the Wii no?

If parents are looking to protect their kids against M rated games, they need to constantly check what he is playing no matter what system he owns.

While I agree that crying when getting a videogame system is somewhat spoiled...i also believe that when giving a gift to someone, you should give them that which they want. I call this dropped ball on the parents side... The kid was 10-12 years old, they have 3-4 more years tops to be super cool parents cause after the teen angst hits, its all over...


No need to keep checking with the Xbox 360. Every game comes coded with its ESRB or BBFC rating and you can set the parental controls on the Xbox 360 to limit what rating's can be played. So you can set it to ESRB E (Everyone) Or BBFC PG and any games above those ratings will not be allowed to start up. You can even set timers on the parental controls to like 4 hours every week (Which is just fucking harsh to be honest).

Also if you make a under 18 Live account you need your parent's permission and all the privacy settings are enabled by default. You can turn off voice chat all together which is the only reason Live isn't suitable for kids. You can also disable access to all these settings and the previous through a password.

Personally to me it sounds like the mother and heard alot about the Wii from her friends and thought of her own needs more then her Sons. Wii Fit anybody?

Of course he's still getting a free Wii but its still not that he wanted.

And the price arguments mean nothing. You can get a arcade model much cheaper than the Wii.