Xbox 360 Gaming According to Timetable – Is an XBox 360 Parental Timer in the Pipeline?

Reports have surfaced on the net that there may (we use the term ‘may’ advisably) be a parental timer on its way for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console allowing parents to enforce strictly regulated, timetabled ‘games time’ for their children – though, at the time of writing, we are unable to substantiate the rumour (regardless of what is being purported as being proof to back up the speculation).

The Speculation stems from a Teamxbox member going by the psudomin of ‘xgdfaith’ who claims that, having purchased a copy of Guitar Hero III Keychain the package came with a pamphlet that described the features of a parental timer that is (allegedly) due to become available via Xbox Live in December 07.

According to the apparent pamphlet the timer is ‘a simple tool that lets you manage how much time your kids spend on their Xbox 360.’ It goes on to say that you can ‘manage in daily or weekly increments’ and that the supposed tool will ‘become available in December 2007 only through Xbox Live.’

You can view a rather poor copy of the apparent pamphlet via this flicker post – though the quality of the image leaves a great deal to be desired. Alternatively you can also link to the forum post in question to stay updated concerning the continuing speculation.

Whether true or not, what cannot be argued is that such a tool would undoubtedly be welcomed by many parents looking to enforce pre-defined, allotted gaming periods for their children – though we suspect that younger gamers the world over will hardly usher in such a tool, should this rumour proved to be grounded, with a particularly warm fanfare.

[Source | XBox Today]