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Captain Colonial Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 It improves hand / eye coordination of the user. Also of the parent in reaching for their debit card for new games or typing details while shopping on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell O'Neill Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Basically it a device that stops children venturing outside, building dens, playing sport, socialising with friends and riding bikes.... My 7yr olds want similar for Xmas... So far the lists or Santa consists of Xbox iPads Tv for their rooms wiiU Play station.... ......Yeh, good luck with that one kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meakin Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 In response to Darrell for ballance. My xbox 360 is great my son has games he plays and I have my games. The biggest advantage over computers is that they are plug and play. You just put the disk in or if you are like me and download you don't even need to find the disk. Btw I'm a beaver leader my son who is 7 does tennis, cross country, beavers, camps, sleep overs with friends, sports clubs at school, and gets all his homework done. He likes playing with his toys and I would arogue is more active than a lot of his friends. The xbox tends to replace tv more than anything else and on days like today where it is hoofing it down gets past the sitting watching TV all day and not using their brains at all. In fact in summer my son built a banjo kazooie (a playform type game) level in the garden and then ran round it wearing a rucksack with a toy bird on it trying to beat the level. So it also stimulates the imagination. The last thing I believe it teaches is patience and the ability to be a good loser. The games are designed to be difficult and often you have to think your way out and it takes several attempts to do it. Like all things it's a question of balance I think the xbox has a place in modern day society just as much as people chatting on a forum. Where they get criticised is where like all thing they people/children get obsessed with it and I would argue is bad whatever they do. That is simply solved by good parenting. Just my 2p worth Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meakin Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Andy in response to your question the xbox is an entertainment system which is really just a specialised computer. It can play DVDs, CDs, online material and of course games. As a present its great but you don't mention how old your daughter is, so it may be worth setting it up then repacking for Christmas so it can literally be turned on on the big day with minimal fuss. I'll describe the process and hopefully it will help you. Like any computer it has accounts. You will need to set it up with two accounts yours and your daughter. Yours needs to have a outlook/hotmail email address. (Also known as a microsoft live account). You do not need the gold account which is subscription and gives extra offers, the basic online account will do. This will register the xbox and also allow you to download content and control what your daughter can do. To set up the xbox you will need your hotmail account and wireless key. Turn it on and it will go through the process for you. Once your account is set up you can create an account for your daughter. She does not need an email address and does not need access online to use the xbox so she wont get any online problems. In your account you can turn on parental settings. This ensures the xbox will only allow her to play games that are her age. Other games and material will require you to enter a pass code via the remote. It also means she cannot go online and download demos or content without your permission. The games themselves can be expensive so a good trick is to download demos. Your account will be set up with a live account. You can go to teh section marked demos and download games that you think she would like. These are free and often are just one part of the game. The majority of games on my xbox are demos for my son to play and often that is enough. If you find there are games she particularly wants you can either buy the game in disk format or online. Online has the advantage of no disk but the disadvantage is you cannot sell the game when finished and there is also nothing to unwrap! Some games are only available on disk. The big advantage of all the games is that if it says xbox360 on it, it will work. Hopefully that has helped a bit if you have any questions please ask. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue ass fly Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 i got as far as " like any computer it has accounts" then started fancying some toast and couldnt concentrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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