PlayStation 3 Latest to Confirm Parental Control
ESRB ratings again blueprint Stateside.
Sony Computer Entertainment America has added its weight to the parental control push currently in vogue with game console manufacturers, confirming that the PlayStation 3 will feature content lock-out for inappropriate games and probably music and movies.
In an announcement made from its San Jose office, Sony Corp confirmed that it would enable parents to choose which content would appear on its machines in the same way Microsoft has and Nintendo has pledged, taking the ESRB rating system with the rating of each game encoded into the disc.
“With the average age of game players now 30, our industry naturally creates content appropriate for a wide range of audiences, just as there are TV shows, films, music and books for people of all tastes, interests and values," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association, probably while carrying another binliner full of money over his shoulder.
Lowenstein went on to point out that videogames companies are leading the way with such technology, explaining that DVD manufacturers were lagging way behind the console industry in the realms of disabling corruptive content, hinting that at least the PlayStation 3 will indeed cater for movie and music lock-out too.
In an announcement made from its San Jose office, Sony Corp confirmed that it would enable parents to choose which content would appear on its machines in the same way Microsoft has and Nintendo has pledged, taking the ESRB rating system with the rating of each game encoded into the disc.
“With the average age of game players now 30, our industry naturally creates content appropriate for a wide range of audiences, just as there are TV shows, films, music and books for people of all tastes, interests and values," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association, probably while carrying another binliner full of money over his shoulder.
Lowenstein went on to point out that videogames companies are leading the way with such technology, explaining that DVD manufacturers were lagging way behind the console industry in the realms of disabling corruptive content, hinting that at least the PlayStation 3 will indeed cater for movie and music lock-out too.
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vault 13 29 Nov 2005 14:40
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More restrictions are always welcome! :o) I don't even know why game companies bother. I'd like to see the analysis of research into copy protection and how much money they save thwarting piraters and how much of that turns into profit vs. not doing anything.