I've never heard of this cartridge thing. However, mainstream games that are bought for the computer or other systems such as Nintendo or Xbox, cost just as much or more than accessible games. I know that my brother has bought games for his xbox that cost nearly $50. So from my perspective, accessible games are actually an incredibly good deal. Think of it this way. Most products specifically designed for the blind are usually incredibly expensive. The reason being that there isn't nearly as much demand for something specifically designed for the blind as there would be for something mainstream. Since costs go up when demand is lower, prices for specially adapted products are generally high. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how reasonable games for the blind are. Another thing, I'm not sure where you get your sounds versus graphics idea. Graphics are actually incredibly expensive, and games that contain a lot of graphics and special effects are usually more expensive.
Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:00 AM Subject: [Audyssey] the unfortune regarding accessible games and mainstreamgames > > NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice > which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf > > ---- > HI all > > I would like to give my 2 sense regarding something I noticed with main > stream games. I'm not sure if this is the same as Nintendo. For you guys > who first had sight, have you also played these tv games? It's a > cartridge with 60 games on it which you connect to your standard tv; > it's a whole procedure to configure it, because you need an extra > channel for it. Anyway when I was a child, my mom bought me a cartridge > with 60 games on it. I played these games with the help of my sighted > friends. My mom paid r100 for the whole cartridge. ON there is games > like pack man, Mario brothers, etc. It's a pitty that accessible games > costs more than mainstream games on a cartridge. . Oh sorry, I forgot > to say, r100 south African money is equal to 12 dollars. So for 12 > dollars you get 60 main stream games, some of them are small games and > some are multi level games. The obvious reason why accessible games is > not that cheap is because it needs more sounds. The difference between > accessible and mainstream games is that accessible games uses sounds > instead of graphics, so that is why accessible games costs more. I > know of many sighted kids who exchange cartridges with games between > them for free. It's a pitty accessible games is not that popular. I > mean a kid would go to his friend's house and give him a cartridge with > newer games for free. If only accessible games were that cheep so that > 60 accessible games could fit onto a cartridge and plugged into the > computer and we only had to pay 12 dollars for it but the sounds it uses > is much larger than sighted games. > > I'm just trying to discuss my point of view regarding main stream > games. > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
