Erotic Wii content! Bring on the puns.

Mike Bantick
Friday, 12 January 2007 05:40

Opinion and Analysis

There would be two methods conceivably, to achieve this. One would be the abhorrent and unachievable method of Government intervention.  A mandate from above that would dictate to both ISP’s and tech manufactures to detect and block access to undesirable (as decided by the powers at be) web content from devices conceivable wielded by underage persons.

Secondly, the approach of configurable devices to add web filtering software, as well as conceivably extending the role of Parental control software to a web filtering solution.  But we all know these filtering methods to begin with are not 100% assured.  Cyber nasties will always find a way to cloak their content, not too mention the constant problem faced by Censorship boards today, of trying to provide a generic moral compass for the public as a whole, when the reality is that one persons offensive content is not another’s.

So once again, it comes down to parental guidance and awareness of their dependents access to offensive material.  Nintendo can not be held responsible, simply by providing a wonderful, albeit beta, facility on their latest tech gadget.  With recent news such as Nintendo increasing their profit forecast by 20%, along with stellar sales figures for the Wii in Japan and other places, if this controversy, along with a couple of snapping Wii-mote cables are the biggest worries for the gaming giant, then the future is looking rosy indeed.

Now, thank goodness, for those mature people (at least by gauge of age) the Wii-mote is held in one hand whilst we surf the web on our HD TV.  ;-)