PSA for parents on Christmas day.

[Rongway]

I disagree with this strongly, because I used to be that teenager. Also Reddit had a debate about this, and it was overwhelmingly pro choice when it came to letting teens do it themselves verses the kids.

Settings can be changed, and the setup can be redone from scratch if they really care that much. However, network congestion from a million people trying to update their systems during the initial setup after unboxing on Christmas day is lost time that could have been spent gaming if the parents had done initial setup and updates early, and that time can't be reclaimed.

[Zsolen]

Settings can be changed, and the setup can be redone from scratch if they really care that much. However, network congestion from a million people trying to update their systems during the initial setup after unboxing on Christmas day is lost time that could have been spent gaming if the parents had done initial setup and updates early, and that time can't be reclaimed.

Why would they spend time gaming on Christmas anyway?

[Rongway]

Why would they spend time gaming on Christmas anyway?

I'm not here to debate what activities you think kids should or should not be participating in on a given day. It is not relevant to my or the OP's point.

If someone wants their kid to be able to enjoy the present they got on the day they got it instead of having to wait until potentially the next day for the congestion on the update servers to die down, they should be updated ahead of the unwrapping.

[DamianFatale]

Settings can be changed, and the setup can be redone from scratch if they really care that much. However, network congestion from a million people trying to update their systems during the initial setup after unboxing on Christmas day is lost time that could have been spent gaming if the parents had done initial setup and updates early, and that time can't be reclaimed.

If they really cared that much, resetting it from scratch wouldn't solve the issue, because you took it out of the box, and set it up. Its better to just give the gift, and ask what they want.