Whats wrong with parents? Eleven year old child in France gets GTA 5 and freaks out

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Rankstrail said:
what about the account limitations? PS3 knows he's not 18 right? (He shouldn't have a master account and there is content filter adjustable by master accounts, right?

I can guarantee this. Gamestop was my first job coming out of highschool and I experience two Christmas seasons. Most parents have no clue about master accounts or settings on a videogame console, even though today a console is a full-fledged media center.

The console restrictions are a pain in the butt. For example I decide as a parent my child can play online in a multiplayer game, if their account isnt above a certain age it wont let them. I've had instances where they have been old enough to play the game but cannot play online on the same game.

What ends up happening (especially as you cannot change the age on the profile), you set the kids up as 18, just because they cannot play the correct age games online.

That's what happened in my case, but my kids are good :) they ask me first if a game they want to play is suitable for them :) - but i am sure not all are. If Sony/MS made this more straightforward rather than a pain, then it wouldnt be so bad.