[nabs-l] accessible video games

[Josh Gregory]

Dave,
I do indeed agree with you, but would like to add this:
  I do not know how many of you can play video games the way they 
are today, and, in some instances, I do agree that some are quite 
inaccessible.  However, I do have a nintendo DS and find some of 
the games for this system to be semi-accessible if I am focused 
and pay attention enough to play them, which I do, I'm very into 
these types of things lol.  I am a blind individual and play by 
sound and tactile feeling.

Thoughts? Write offlist if you wish.
Best,
Josh

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----- Original Message -----
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:43:21 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible video games

We are just to small a market for it to be worth their while.  
And
...  in many instances, it just wouldn't be possible.  Many 
games are
based on eye-hand coordination and can't be reproduced with sound 
or
other  modalities in the same way.

Dave

At 08:00 PM 9/14/2011, you wrote:
Hi All,
I'm curious to get your thoughts on this question that's been in 
the
back of my mind recently: Why haven't mainstream video game 
companies
even attempted to make their products accessible to blind people?
Wouldn't it grow their profits? And would it be all that 
difficult to
make a video game accessible? We have described movies, after 
all, and
there's the blind driver car.  If they can make an accessible 
CAR, why
not video games? What do others think about this issue?
Patrick


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