Friday, January 22, 2010

On XBOX Live's "Juvenile" quotient...







Those MAG developers had a good point when they talked about how XBOX Live is generally less mature than PSN, but it all boils down to one thing: voice.

Little Johnny may have gotten his mic with his 360 that his parents bought him as a babysitting device, so he can go on Halo and call people "jew-bags" (and many other insults, both real and made up) and teabag those unfortunate enough to be stuck in a game with him for days on end. But if those same parents bought him a PS3 instead, he can't. At least he can't say much while he's playing - because those parents are far more likely to purchase a Live subscription (why, don't ask me...probably the same reason 12-year-old Johnny is playing M-rated Halo in the first place) than buy a headset.

And that, my friends, is that.

1 comment:

Ceff E. Roth said...

Maybe buying a physical object seems more like spending money. Or maybe the parents need help, letting them play M games and all.