But it goes back to convincing devs to make their games accessible, since they're not just going to do it. We'd have to find out just how many blind gamers there are out there, how many of them would play games that mainstream devs made accessible (and probably a whole lot of other information), then get someone who's actually interested enough to consider what we found out. Even once we get all the statistics you have to have someone willing to learn, and not all mainstream devs are. They're either afraid of how much it would cost, or they don't want to be known as an "accessibility company," whatever the heck that means. They seem to think that making accessible games, even if they built a toggle into their game so that each player could have it set up the way he or she wanted it, might tarnish their reputation or make people take them less seriously. Bryan and Jennie ----- Original Message ----- From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Forcing accessibility was: deal or no deal
> You know, there are a few blind people who have never heard of accessible > games. They just play mainstream games, and I think that if the developers > were to make there games accessible, then a lot more blind people would > jump > at the chance to play them, me being one of them. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Forcing accessibility was: deal or no deal > > >> We have a better chance of persuading mainstream devs of the value of >> accessibility than we do of forcing i., But it's not happening without >> presenting them some serious statistics. We have to PERSUADE, not force >> here, or as Liam said we'll give the blind community a bad name. Besides, >> we >> need to convince them that they wouldn't be making a huge financial >> blunder. >> That was one of the things the folks at Audio Games wanted us to do when >> Soundvoyager was released, to play it and give Nintendo our hints and >> experiences. I myself did and have to admit that they seemed fairly open >> to >> the idea of "accessibility to the blind. So if we can put together enough >> statistics and marshall a convincing argument, we might just sway a dev >> or >> two, and if enough devs take to the cause then more might be swayed as >> well. >> But trying to force the issue isn't going to get us anything but a bad >> reputation, and the reputation of the blind in some quarters probably >> could >> be better as it is. >> Bryan and Jennie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "aaron danvers-jukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:15 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Forcing accessibility was: deal or no deal >> >> >>>i have to agree with liam and che on this one. make suggestions, tell >>> themwhy you want it accessible, but do not, and i repeat, do *not*, use >>> force. >>> regards, >>> aaron >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
