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Home to feature age sensitive content?

Posted September 12th, 2007 at 21:17 EDT by
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According to the Sony chiefs, PlayStation 3's Home service could contain an 18+ area for trailers and now, Casinos.

"For instance, a casino or even somewhere you can go and see 18-rated trailers for games," Peter Edward, Director of the PlayStation Home Platform Group, said during an interview with ThreeSpeech. "That isn't anything particularly sinister, but obviously, you’d have to prevent 12-year-olds going in there. Obviously, there are other 18-plus areas that you could imagine, but some of those might not come to fruition. But we have the ability to age-protect areas, and I think that’s something that we will inevitably make use of."

With this added feature, 18+ players would be able to watch trailers of games, movies, etc. in the 18+ areas. By controlling age sensetive content, Home will have a better and safer community for all ages.

Source: ThreeSpeech

Comments

Harlequin1987
- 4:20pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 1
well am 20 anyway soo woot all areas for me XD
dudeman52993
- 4:21pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 2
sweet less little kids in grown up areas
nosaJ
- 4:23pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 3
How are they going to check, anyways?Credit card?It's too bad most sites just ask when you were born.Anybody with a first grade education could figurre that out.
ishanz
- 4:34pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 4
Wonderfully enough, my PS3's PSN account is registered under my dad's name. So many ways to get around it. ^_^
NAMEK
- 4:40pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 5
I remember reading not to long ago in a FORUM about HOME "CASINO", you know that spot is going to be jam pack! Can't wait!
SlimDan22
- 4:48pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 6
Thats a really stupid idea

since they dont block anything in the PS Store, Like The SuperBad Trailer Extended Version Has Alot Of Swearing In It

I think home should be tied into the Parental Controll Settings On The PS3

so it just wont let people access certain areas or something
MephistoSoze
- 4:56pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 7
@nosaJ:

It's true, but at least Sony isn't then liable for any malicious conduct or practice. It's pretty much just a disclaimer when they ask for the date of birth, it's the end user who breached that "contract".
ForTheSteel
- 4:59pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 8
now I'll need a fake id to rent ultra-porn
kloss22
- 5:01pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 9
so can my character drink since I'm 23??
dandad1
- 5:01pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 10
It almost souds like they might mave some interesting stuff I wounder what he means by "there are other 18-plus areas that you could imagine" because I can imagine some very interesting things like a stip club I really dought it but it would be kind of funny.
droopysp
- 7:42pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 11
me and my friend was texting that ps should add strip clubs into where they show real footage, that'll be real cool right,lol
oopsadoops
- 7:57pm EDT - September 12th, 2007
- 12
wont help. if theres something i want to see, il find a way to see it.
paddyirishman
- 1:17am EDT - September 13th, 2007
- 13
Great... Home is gonna be full of kids standing outside strip clubs waiting to catch a peek in or a door open.
debamf
- 4:01am EDT - September 13th, 2007
- 14
The content probably won't be that mature anyway. Its just to say that we can have a casino to gamble in and you obviously have to be over 18 to gamble. 12 year old would be able to go into the Casino or see that Saw 4 trailer but they will never be able to use a credit card to gamble.
gingo
- 6:05am EDT - September 13th, 2007
- 15
psn id: gingo.... yeah i'm so glad i made my account 19 even though i am 17 so it wont be that long to wait
ucsmak47
- 5:48pm EST - January 5th, 2008
- 16
when is the real one going to come out. because i couldn't get the beta
FOX0403
- 8:15pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
- 17
Yeah How will they find that out?