[nabs-l] accessible video games

[Patrick Molloy]

Thanks for all of your thoughts. It seems like game companies should
at least try and make their games accessible. What's the worst that
could happen? Furthermore, how will we know unless we try?
Patrick

On 9/16/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> 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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