OMG, why hasn't any game company or console maker thought of this. What is the excuse you always pull(ed) on your 'rents? "But maaaaa, I have to finish." Game manufacturers need to include a 'Pause State' feature in all games. This would allow a game to paused at any point, then the machine could power down. When powered back on the console would restore to that same state.
Yes this is just like hibernate or like on SNES emulators and the like... but why hasn't it been taken further? Yes this obviously can not apply to Online multiplayer games, we all know that leaving is a biatch thing to do and gamers hate it. But there are a ton of single player non online games on the market.
This would allow parents to set definitive time limits on for children to enjoy video games without leeway, so those little rugrats can get their butts outside for some friggin exercise. Also parental locks on consoles, password protect just like locking out cable channels except on the console you wouldn't be able to get past a login screen. heck, why not toss in an automatic timer function!
This doesn't affect anyone capable of responsibly enjoying games since its an optional feature. As far as exploiting it... really, if you want to cheat in a game there are ton more ways. This isn't 8-bit Lifeforce spamming pause to get the slo-mo effect, this is allowing people to stop at any point and do something else.
Anyways, I wanted to write this before i fell asleep and forgot... discuss.
Yes this is just like hibernate or like on SNES emulators and the like... but why hasn't it been taken further? Yes this obviously can not apply to Online multiplayer games, we all know that leaving is a biatch thing to do and gamers hate it. But there are a ton of single player non online games on the market.
This would allow parents to set definitive time limits on for children to enjoy video games without leeway, so those little rugrats can get their butts outside for some friggin exercise. Also parental locks on consoles, password protect just like locking out cable channels except on the console you wouldn't be able to get past a login screen. heck, why not toss in an automatic timer function!
This doesn't affect anyone capable of responsibly enjoying games since its an optional feature. As far as exploiting it... really, if you want to cheat in a game there are ton more ways. This isn't 8-bit Lifeforce spamming pause to get the slo-mo effect, this is allowing people to stop at any point and do something else.
Anyways, I wanted to write this before i fell asleep and forgot... discuss.
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