Anyone with solution to arguments over PS4/ gaming?

[Thesleepykettle]

So I have two boys 11 &13, currently isolating and we have endless squabbles over the PS4. It seems it’s the only way either of them get to play/ chat with their mates. I usually say one has it for 2 hrs before tea and the other has it 2 hrs after tea and it’s off at 830pm. However we are held hostage to this routine and we can’t seem to do anything if it eats into this time. So I’d like to know, do some families have two game counsels or gaming PC? My eldest is hell bent on a gaming pc of his own but I’m reluctant.

Probably easier to have one each tbh. It’s a difficult age to be sharing one especially if they use it to socialise with friends.

We have a similar division with the addition of all schoolwork, chores etc to be done beforehand. It's a great way to keeping on top of everything! I wouldn't get a second. Friends have done that and it's cost a fortune and caused even more arguments.

We had the same with my two DSs before we bought a second PS4, best thing we ever did. No more arguments and they often link up and play together. It is one of the few ways they can communicate with their friends during lockdown. My DSs chat to their friends on there all the time.

Thanks for your views, it’s not the route I had envisaged but heyho I’m a dinosaur.. @gegs73 does it not buffer and drain the internet? I would have thought two counsels at the same time would make gaming very slow?

Hi - it seems to be fine, we haven’t had a problem at all. My husband also works from home at the moment and it hasn’t affected it from what I can notice.

You can also share play games (or so they have tried to explained to me) so you don’t have to buy the same games twice.

Mine had one each but shared a bedroom.
It was difficult because of a 10 year age gap.
My eldest would chat to his friends on his headset at night when he came home. Trouble was, my youngest had to get up for school. My eldest was just finishing secondary ( post16).

My youngest used to complain as he couldn't get to sleep and ended up asking to get in with me.
Luckily I've been single for 10 years (blessed) so it wasn't really a problem there.

My eldest enjoyed the space until a spider appeared in his room. He was petrified of them.
I'd always know when it happened because I would hear his feet hit the floor as he jumped from top bunk.
Followed by the words "Damn spiders."
When his brother was in there he was brave and used to pick it up with his hands. His brother shouting " Take it out. Get rid of it."
Once he ran in to me, " Mum, tell him to get rid of that spider. He's standing there with it in his hands. Look, he thinks he's keeping it as a pet!"

Youngest: "I'll flush it in the toilet."

I said "Noooo. Put it out the window."

Then it was me who had to be the spider catcher.