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How Accessibility Options Have Opened Up Gaming to More People

In recent years, video games have come a long way in providing accessibility options that allow a much wider range of people to enjoy gaming.

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Gamer79880d ago

Xbox adaptive controller broke down barriers for a massive group of people

Viljong879d ago (Edited 879d ago )

These are very important every1 can suffer a stroke etc and loose ability to use other hand or anything like that and there are many gamers with disabilities who love to play again. Like my wife. Respect ms for the adaptive controller

jznrpg879d ago (Edited 879d ago )

No company needs to or should have to cater to the entire world with every product . From Software is perfectly fine with what they do . There are plenty of easy games out there like The Gunk or whatever else you can beat In a few hours without any challenge or very little challenge for those people who want it that way or need it that way .

Yui_Suzumiya879d ago

FromSoft has some of the best atmosphere and art direction than any studio out there but I just wish they'd give more options for an easier difficulty. I still plan on trying Bloodborne at some point and it'll take more than a prayer to get me through the tutorial, lol.

H9879d ago

You are mistaking accessibility and challenge, a game can be hard and accessible, there's a difference between allowing people to play games they couldn't before and adding a layer of challenge that can be conquered by anyone

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justadelusion879d ago (Edited 879d ago )

Such a twitter thing to say, but no they do not need to add an easy mode.

ChubbyBlade878d ago (Edited 878d ago )

No. They shouldn’t have to compromise their vision and entire structure because you don’t want to put in the time.

The very fact people have beaten the game using the most outlandish controls such as bananas or voice control literally shows they don’t have to do anything.

Easy mode already exists. It’s called co op.

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AuraAbjure879d ago

Thousands more people are getting to enjoy video games that couldn't before :)

Gamer79879d ago

Exactly, gaming should be accessible to everyone. Shame some on here don't agree with that.

Final_Aeon878d ago

Gaming in general accessible to everyone - agreed
Every single game catered to be accessible to everyone - disagree

We're seeing great progress in terms of accessibility options, and it's something we can mainly applause. There's no need to take away creative vision from all companies by demanding every game have ALL accessibility options available.

Gamer79878d ago

@ final
Who's demanding anything. Also how does adding accessibility options affect creativity, they are completely different things.

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Cronela's Mansion Gets Physical Game Boy & SNES Cartridges

The upcoming Cronela's Mansion will launch on Switch, NES, Game Boy and SNES, with the latter now set to receive physical cartridges.

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The Best PS1 Games That Still Stand the Test of Time

The Nerd Stash: "Some of the best PS1 games of all time are the ones that put the PlayStation 1 on the map and contributed to gaming as we know it."

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Fist4achin3h ago

These were all excellent. I want to add Ghost in the Shell, Road Rash, and parasite Eve.

on_line_forever1h ago

Not only still stand the test of time but still not beating in quality to this day

Let me tell you something else for more older game

captain tsubasa vol. ii super striker on nes for example still to this day nothing beat it and still playing this game sometimes

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Atari has acquired the Intellivision brand, ending the first ever console war

Atari has acquired Intellivision. The company announced today that it had acquired its long-time rival, ending one of the original console rivalries, dating back to the 1970s.

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darthv727h ago

Wow.... two of my earliest gaming platforms. All they need is Coleco to round things out.

This is like Nintendo buying SEGA.

OtterX5h ago

YES! Colecovision was my start! I came to know Mario there in Donkey Kong before the NES was even a thing. :)

Golfcoachh2h ago

Yes such fond memories. My first was the odyssey, but I really started gaming on my colecovision. Had atari and intelivision but coleco was by far the best of the bunch to me.

Kratos_Kart20072h ago

Yes...a gamer from my era...LMAO

Coleco was good...LOL

anast7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Good piece of history here.

edit: I wanted to read it but the cookies pop up is stopping me.

badboyz097h ago

This was just before my time. I do remember my mom's friend having one all dusty in her apartment back in the day.

[R.I.P.} Ms. Irene

Abear217h ago

People forget that console wars are part of the history of this industry. The console wars were started by competitive companies all the way back then and continued through Sega vs Nintendo, Jaguar/3DO/NeonGeo, and PlayStation vs Nintendo and Xbox.

These companies are across oceans and competing for the same business. These companies created the console wars, not crazy fanboys.

anast4h ago

Console wars are fun. It's fun to be a fanboy too. I don't get what's wrong with any of this as entertainment.

darthv724h ago

Young kid school yard banter was fun. 30-40+ year olds still doing it is just disturbing. Many my age (50+) grew out of that a long time ago. We may still have our preferences, but we also embrace a more central position because there is a lot to enjoy on a wide range of genres and systems.

You'll understand one day and then things will forever change.

Petebloodyonion2h ago

The only thing back then was that the game would still appear on competing platforms.
Remember the Coleco Vision could play Atari2600 games via an Expansion modude.

jznrpg6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

I had both. Snafu on Intellivision was addicting as hell. Also had Colecovision which had Time Pilot. Combat was probably my favorite Atari game and both Atari and Intellivision had similar games like Pitfall and Jungle Hunt. It’s been so long I don’t really remember which game I liked bettter out of those but I did play my Intellivision a bit more than Atari though I’m not sure why besides Snafu. That was 40+ years ago damn I’m old lol

Dagexon4h ago

Ahh you're making me all nostalgic! Not old enough to have played these on original hardware but my first console was a bootleg console from Costco that had a bunch of intellivision and atari games. Then had a lot of fun with intellivision and atari collections on ps1 and 2.
Snafu was one of my favourite games and me and my partner still occasionally play it to this day

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