Hi Dark, the fact that main game companies don't indlude the blind in their
gaming plans seems to me like discrimination, iether that or they just can't
be bothered! I think they always make excuses as to why they don't provide
games which would also work for the blind, for example the game Maro Cart on
the nintendo should at least have some form of audio description which could
be turned off and on through the game's set up menu. Why don't they at
least give it a try? ----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanor" <elea...@7128.com>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:16 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] bavisoft
Dark said -"
While it's possible that, if in 20 or 30 or so years when gamers start
losing their vision the major companies will take notice (and even then
probably not), I doubt very much it'll happen in the mean time."
It won't take nearly that long. The 2010 ESA Essential Facts paper
indicated that 26%of the gamers are over 50 years old. Since over 40% of
people 65 and older report at least one disability(US census data), and
the baby boomers are sixty or older, there are a lot of gamers who need
accessibility options built in now and in the upcoming years. Obviously
this is not all blind and VI problems, but it should mean something to
mainstream developers that they are losing potential customers, right now,
not 20 or 30 years from now! And it will only increase as the trend for
older folk to play games continues!
When you add the older gamers to the mix it becomes a little easier to
think about profitability if you add at least some accessibility
accommodations to your games.
But our paper, Gaming on a Collision Course didn't manage to convince many
developers that they should go that route - some of the blog comments were
pretty derogatory!
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
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