PS3 Banned - No Cell Processor In Cells
Wifi rather than violent games to blame - Wii allowed
The PS3 is Free! But the Wii is condemned!
The UK government has banned the PlayStation 3 from prisons due to concerns that its WiFi capabilities could enable convicted criminals to access the internet.
According the beleaguered Home Secretary, John Reid, speaking in Parliament on March 28th, the PS3 will be sent to solitary due to its ability to "send and receive radio signals".
Back in June 2006 we reported that PS2s had been banned from prison due to prisoners watching porn!
Fears over porn-mad criminals laying into each other with Sixaxis controllers following heated MotorStorm competitions don't seem to worry Reid as much as the 'radio' aspect. Strangely, however, the fact that hoodlums can log-on to various nefarious sites using their Wiis and a copy of Opera doesn't seem to have had the same impact in Parliament.
SPOnG's gone over Hansard (the UK parliamentary record) and is unable to come up with any Wii-related banning orders thus far. So, if you're currently reading SPOnG in between getting your Wii Sports bowling averages up - while banged up - please let us know in the Forum.
While the PS3 must, therefore leave a clean life on shelves (and in 165,000 homes) throughout the country, the innocent Wii looks like its condemned to do hard time with large, bald tattooed men and women called "Driller Dave" or "Maureen the Frying Pan Murderer".
SPOnG demands that the Home Office re-addresses this injustice!
Join our FREE THE NINTENDO ONE campaign in the Forum below!
According the beleaguered Home Secretary, John Reid, speaking in Parliament on March 28th, the PS3 will be sent to solitary due to its ability to "send and receive radio signals".
Back in June 2006 we reported that PS2s had been banned from prison due to prisoners watching porn!
Fears over porn-mad criminals laying into each other with Sixaxis controllers following heated MotorStorm competitions don't seem to worry Reid as much as the 'radio' aspect. Strangely, however, the fact that hoodlums can log-on to various nefarious sites using their Wiis and a copy of Opera doesn't seem to have had the same impact in Parliament.
SPOnG's gone over Hansard (the UK parliamentary record) and is unable to come up with any Wii-related banning orders thus far. So, if you're currently reading SPOnG in between getting your Wii Sports bowling averages up - while banged up - please let us know in the Forum.
While the PS3 must, therefore leave a clean life on shelves (and in 165,000 homes) throughout the country, the innocent Wii looks like its condemned to do hard time with large, bald tattooed men and women called "Driller Dave" or "Maureen the Frying Pan Murderer".
SPOnG demands that the Home Office re-addresses this injustice!
Join our FREE THE NINTENDO ONE campaign in the Forum below!
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Zazigglebub 30 Mar 2007 12:19
1/5
send 'em both to the dungons... what about the 360!????
Joji 30 Mar 2007 12:52
2/5
I can understand the wifi thing, but all they have to do is not provide a wifi hotspot or signal booster. No need to ban PS3s just disable the net access to the lags.
I see no problem with lags watching porn on their PS2s (so long as they pay for it), since if their doing years this is more likely to curb any urges to do anything else stupid. I bet there's no ban on porn mags though, how silly is that?
I still don't understand why we just let lags sit about in the u.k anyway. Give them some work to keep them occupied and serve the public tax payer who pay for them. Then give them a 360 core pack instead (MS can still make use of them).
I see no problem with lags watching porn on their PS2s (so long as they pay for it), since if their doing years this is more likely to curb any urges to do anything else stupid. I bet there's no ban on porn mags though, how silly is that?
I still don't understand why we just let lags sit about in the u.k anyway. Give them some work to keep them occupied and serve the public tax payer who pay for them. Then give them a 360 core pack instead (MS can still make use of them).
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Joji 30 Mar 2007 13:12
3/5
Just had a thought, is gaming in the slammer a good way to keep you out of trouble when there?
tyrion 30 Mar 2007 13:45
4/5
Joji wrote:
I can understand the wifi thing, but all they have to do is not provide a wifi hotspot or signal booster. No need to ban PS3s just disable the net access to the lags.
Give them the 20GB version, no wifi, no "radio" signals.
headcasephil 30 Mar 2007 14:39
5/5
i gess thay are band from having a wii as well