Hi Josh, Yes, I did, and we ended up not talking about accessible games but market potential and money. Which was all they cared about. The Lucas Licenseing department isn't there to discuss weather all their products should be accessible, but just a bunch of lawyers trying to get the best deals for their company Lucas Inc. Some background about that. Back when I began working on my Star wars title I contacted Lucas, the company not the man, about getting the rights to sell it to the blind. When I finally did get a response they asked me all kinds of questions about how big was my expected market potential, and other business arrangements. By the end of it I was clearly not able to work with them, because they are use to dealing with Hazbro and major toy companies that can deliver millions if not billions of dollars of sales. If I can only expect around 250 to 500 sales total that is a laughable amount to them. Then, even if the deal had gone through they would have taken a big cut out of the money I might have made. Leaving it not worth bothering for either side. I am not angry at them, but there is really no interest from these companies unless you can show them it is financially in their best interests to do so. Showing them there is a list on the internet dedicated to blind gaming and a few hundred gamers wanting to play their game is not a financially convincing argument. Show them a couple hundred thousand blind gamers, and you might have a convincing argument. Then, they might make a few million off the product. I think what Richard and others is doing is the right approach. Educate the developers themselves about what they can to do add accessibility slowly to their games. Offer some proven time tested code examples, and if it is easy enough the devs just might put it in. Money and market strength won't work for us I am afraid.
Josh wrote: > but you already tried getting ahold of companies to ask them for permission > and they seemed not to care. didn't you? > > Josh > _______________________________________________ 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.
