LiveArea:Parental Controls

In the Parental Controls application (NPXS10094), parents or guardians can manage the duration their child can play and the features their child can use.

Setting your passcode

If you forget your passcode, you must restore your system.

Items that you can restrict

Features

You can allow or disallow starting of Browser and PS Store. 

You can also allow or disallow the use of location data, and you can block the display of objectionable websites.

Games

You can restrict the use of games and videos that have parental controls (the PARAM.SFO parameter PARENTAL LEVEL delineate the parental control level). 
In addition to [Off], your system can be set to one of eleven levels. The lower the number, the tighter the restriction.

Parental Control Level	Your child's age ～	CERO	ESRB	PEGI	Content description ～
11	18+	No	No	No	Sony does not allow for publishing of Adult Only games on its platform. (strong sexual content, gore, violence ...)
10	18+	No	No	No	Sony does not allow for publishing of Adult Only games on its platform. (strong sexual content, gore, violence ...)
9	18	Z	M	18	May contain prolonged scenes of intense violence towards defenseless people, sexual content or nudity, and profanity.
8	17	D	M	16	Contains some adult material.
7	16	C	T	16	May contain explicit or realistic-looking violence, strong language, sexual references or content, gambling, or encouragement of drug use.
7	15	C	T	12	May contain moderate sexual content, more violence, and infrequent use of strong profanity.
6	14	B	T	12
5	13	B	T	12	May contain mild sexual content, violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, profanity, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language.
5	12	B	E10+	12	May contain violence in either a fantasy context or a sporting action, coarse language, mild sexual references or innuendo, or gambling.
4	11	A	E10+	7
4	10	A	E10+	7	Can contain a larger amount of violence, mild language, crude humor, or suggestive content.
3	9	A	E	7
3	8	A	E	7
3	7	A	E	7	May contain mild or unrealistic violence (e.g. violence in a cartoon context), or elements that can be frightening to younger children.
3	6	A	E	3	Suitable for Everyone; may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
2	5	A	eC	3
2	4	A	eC	3
2	3	A	eC	3	May contain mild violence in an appropriate context for Early Childhood, but neither bad language nor frightening content is allowed.
1	2	A	NA	NA
1	1	A	NA	NA

Misc

• One month after the initial release of Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland, shipments of it were halted due to it having been mis-rated. It was re-released a few days later with a B rating from CERO (instead of A).

Atelier Meruru Plus: the Apprentice of Arland on Vita is rated as B for CERO, T for ESRB, and 12 for PEGI.

Play duration

You can restrict the duration that your child plays per day. 
With this restriction, when the daily play duration that you set is exceeded, the system cannot be used.