Is the video game industry doing enough to make gaming accessible?

Stayce

Tori_Scope said:

Tori_Scope said:

Thanks for offering your insight @Stayce! That's really interesting. I used to (and still sometimes do!) love playing on my Nintendo DS, so it's good to hear that that was a positive step forward in accessibility for you. Which games do you enjoy playing on the DS? 

Big fan of the any of the Animal Crossing games

Rather addicted to the puzzle games polarium and meteos too?

Blake95

Personally I don't think they do enough to protect people online disabled or not from Trolls, hence why I haven't upgraded from PS2 after my nasty experiences on PS3. I thought of upgrading to PS5 or the newest xbox but the cost? not only for the console but things like the membership to be able to play most games 

66Mustang

Blake95 said:

Personally I don't think they do enough to protect people online disabled or not from Trolls

I agree 100%. The comments you get on there are shocking. Racist, homophobic, sexist, comments, death threats etc are all seemingly part of normal discussion on video games. Anywhere else it would cause outrage - if someone mutters something ever so slightly racist or sexist on TV for example - but on video games people seem to be immune to any form of punishment.

I do like my games and am able to filter out the bad stuff but I can imagine it to be upsetting for a lot of people.

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66Mustang said:

Blake95 said:

Personally I don't think they do enough to protect people online disabled or not from Trolls

I agree 100%. The comments you get on there are shocking. Racist, homophobic, sexist, comments, death threats etc are all seemingly part of normal discussion on video games. Anywhere else it would cause outrage - if someone mutters something ever so slightly racist or sexist on TV for example - but on video games people seem to be immune to any form of punishment.

I do like my games and am able to filter out the bad stuff but I can imagine it to be upsetting for a lot of people.

This is why I don't game online, although I've seen 12 year olds on stuff like COD and GTA and the games are 18 rated! What idiot buys these games for underage kids? More to the point, why aren't Parents who knowingly buy for underage kids getting done for it?! Fortunately my soon to be 13 year old nephew solely plays Fortnite on his Xbox.

8cent8

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Watch this short movie clip.  

8cent8

Glassouse - a cross that is between glasses and a mouse 

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Android phone or tablet.Any iPhone or iPad that has iOS 13 or later PC and MacLinuxTV's that have Bluetooth After pairing your Glassouse with your Bluetooth enabled device a mouse pointer will appear, simply move your head around to control the device.
To activate or select an icon you press a switch:Bite switch Finger switch Blow into a puff switch A footswitch You can also use a method called 'dwell' where you can switch hands-free by staring at an object for say 1 second without moving. This time limit can be altered to suit the user.

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Ross_Alumni

Hi @8cent8

Have you used the devices you mentioned above?

[Deleted User]

Ross_Scope said:

Hi @8cent8

Have you used the devices you mentioned above?

@Ross_Scope the guy got banned last week for mass advertising.

Richard_Scope

I am hopeful that inclusivity is increasing all of the time.
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yes it does 

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Up to about 10 years ago there were loads of Fitness games on the Xbox, including one licensed to the "Scary" one from the Spice Girls... They were very accessible for the Kinect device on the 360, shame that device flopped big style as it had some good games