Sony, Xbox, Nintendo Publish Shared Statement on Player Safety in Games

I wonder what caused them to put this out randomly. Not that I don't support the cause of course.

And yet Roblox still exists...

My guess is this is all related to the online safety act. Probably means the end of things like proximity chat in the future and maybe requirements for providing ID when playing games of a certain age rating.

@Boxmonkey Interesting take. Personally I don't play online games, but I wouldn't mind the necessity for ID if it means more safety.

There’s so many entry points for nonces. Kids are online from a young age and while I absolutely do not support the complete ban on under 18s using these services, parent accounts should be given more controls than they are. It’s up to the parents to be responsible and schools should be having lessons on online safety that are kept up to date.

"We share a responsibility to not regulate our online shops. We have no inclination to stop endless and dubious AI, low budget crap infiltrating our stores because we're far too interested in releasing meaningless statements that dissolve upon impact with air"

@Korgon Different groups and organizations have been approaching all three with reasons and examples to prioritize child safety. It's on-going. When something does happen, it's too late. There's a push to be more proactive, it's necessary. Parents need to be educated too, siblings, and schools. It's a start.

I miss XBox Live and PSN circa 2008 and I am not ashamed to admit it. You could say anything and send pm's to anyone insulting their noob tubing skills. It is no coincidence imo that the golden age of COD on YouTube was from this era.

I'm not against safety features in principle. Of course there need to be protections. But you know what? You can take things too far in the opposite direction. The phrase "you think you do but you don't" springs to mind.

But don't worry Roblox ain't going no where because money will always come first.

@Bigumamiflavor yeah I agree! The internet needs to be made a lot safer for kids. The power Ofcom now have is op. All online platforms will comply no matter how much trump and Elon shake their fists.

@nessisonett They should and some organizations do send out packs and information, most schools won't do it. The material is too taboo for them and they feel (going from an actual response) that it's not their responsibility, it's the parents. That's for America, we haven't sent any to schools in England, it's a complicated situation. Some schools think it introduces an element that they aren't comfortable discussing.

I think had they been through it themselves they'd change their tune. I think it rests mostly with the parents, every parents I've talked to who was on that receiving end were absent in some way and turned to a console as a babysitter, mine too. That's the attitude, and when it does happen they button up and rarely share, which buries the issue even deeper. Gaming is a great hobby, but it's an entry point like you said and the main one we saw throughout last year. You already know which game.

"The video game industry has a strong legacy of prioritizing player safety, especially for children. At the same time, we recognize that these challenges require collaboration and shared values, and so we welcome others to commit to the safety and well-being of players everywhere."

*Cough *Cough TWITTER 😑

*cough *cough Roblox 👀

@LifeGirl 2005-2010 were certainly the golden age of the internet imo. It was nerve going to last though. All information channels always get controlled by governments eventually.

Talk is cheap.

It’s pretty sad that they would HAVE to put out a statement like this. That said, this sounds a lot like CYA before more government intervention happens. I’m glad that they acknowledge this. but let’s be real this is about positive publicity and signaling. Wait until they actually have to start banning Roblox whales (as they should) due to inappropriate conduct with children. See how fast they try the “ we are just a 3rd party platform” garbage. At least my kids schools have online safety woven into lessons. Still parent NEED to pay better attention on the whole.

@LifeGirl I’m not sure this is entirely what’s being said. I think it’s more to WHOM it’s being said. I am a free speech advocate, however when a grown adult is messaging someone under 10 on a game made for kids (see also Roblox) something needs to be done. In Person a dad like me would step in and make an example of them-over the internet that’s not as easy. Prevention would be better.

@Leetware1 I wish there were more parents like you. I do work for an organization that prevents exactly what you just said and if every parent were like you it would be so much easier. There would be far less children who need to be put back together. And I say children, not people, they aren't developed enough to understand why a grown adult would want to talk to them in the first place. They instead see the reward system, which so many modern games offer now.

A bunch of shovelware was pulled off PSN today. Wonder if it’s connected.

@Korgon
Roblox ongoing lawsuit, that's the reason.

@CielloArc @GirlVersusGame
Ah I see now. Thanks for clearing that up.

"Gaming is for everyone"

• Unfortunately. grown ups gotta watch their words in M rated games these days. COD bans for profanity ffs 🤣😂

Maybe Helen Lovejoy escaped her Fortnite prison to remind us all of the poor children.

Yes, it’s horrible with online grooming but I can’t help but feel a bit cynical towards grand statements from multinational corporations.

It's amazing to me that "parents" need the government, companies or organisations to basically parent there children for them. I'll give my children basically a computer in their pocket and hope for the best instead of restricting their online access & monitor what they are doing online. If anything happens to my child I'll campaign the government & these companies and blame it on them for (get this) not prioritizing my child safety. What these companies should do is lobby the government under child safety to bring into law a online ban for children. There is a real world case where the parents neglected there duties to there child and he has ended up dead. Like any good mother she blames the online platform and not herself for not parenting her child. So no some parents believe parenting is not a full time responsibility and can be outsourced to companies and government, that's why online age restrictions are needed for online access. They already have age restricted games. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo takes your child safety very seriously (not like it's there responsibility) that's why games like COD an age restricted game market's their skins to your child, with children playing and screaming down mics while playing an age restricted game. But they have excellent online tools for actually parents.

They can give lip service all they want. It is all about money to them. Parents need to be in charge of what their kids do online, not these corporations. And definitely not the government.

@Bigumamiflavor personally I don’t want to give my ID to everyone.

I think there needs to be safer controls online, especially for children. But I don’t want the government to over regulate everything either.

I’d much prefer parents and the community being the safe guarders.

One thing I wish Microsoft would do is for my son who's age 7 I wish it wouldn't show games that I've downloaded on my profile or show when I'm signed in. He's disabled and so we play games that suit him with the brilliant accessibility pad that they released you can plug in switches that my son can press a button that would be on the controller. I then sign in to be an assist player like help him steer while he shoots in kids racing games.

On topic I don't have online or Game pass for Xbox but they let you submit a face recognition photo to your account

But it shows games that are above his age rating he can't play them as it stops him but he's always curious and will click on them, to have them not show would be so much better

@Boxmonkey already have to do that in the uk, ive had a Microsoft account for 20 years but i need to now prove im over 18 handing out personal information to some third party company that will probably get data breached in a few months

@Boxmonkey just dont let kids go on the internet unsupervised simple

Look let’s be realistic here, these new controls are being implemented under the guise of protecting children (95% of the population support this) but these rules and restrictions are really about controlling the message of all online platforms. Msm like bbc and cnn don’t control the narrative anymore and that terrifies the elites.