Good point Lisa. When you measure the prices of accessible games versus
those of other products for the blind, it's actually more than reasonable.
Look at JFW and the other screen readers. Look at Open Book scanning
software. All those programs sell for at least a tousand dollars if not
more, 900 if you're lcky. Then you look at the accessible games, most of
which cost between 19 and thirty-five dollars. The most expensive accessible
games I've seen are from Bavisoft, and they cost between forty-three and
forty-five bucks. Granted this is rather steep considering the overall
shorness of their games and the lack of any real replay value, bu I have
never seen a game more expensive than Bavisoft's. I wouldn't know about
Terraformers. But it reaffirms what Lisa was trying to say. Compared to
everything else for the blind, the games are actually cheap.
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go.
From: "Lisa Leonardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] the unfortune regarding accessible games
andmainstreamgames
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:42:17 -0500
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
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Subject: [Audyssey] the unfortune regarding accessible games and
mainstreamgames
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> 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.
>
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