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S.T.A.G.E. on 15 September 2013
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Madword said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:


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.

So true. Even then worst case scenario the kids know how to cut off the settings, but I heard that now they have password kind of like the cable box so children couldn't watch porn when I was younger. If your kids respect your gamer opinion as well as your parenting opinion you have a winner. I wont keep my kids away from all of the cool games, just the ones they definitely shouldn't be touching. If they want those, sorry I don't care if I am not the "cool parent" any longer. I still remember those days and parents who let us get away with murder were always the cool parents.