Video game makers aren’t catering for gamers with disabilities, study finds
Video game makers aren’t catering for gamers with disabilities, study finds
A poll of 500 adults with physical and mental disabilities who play video games found 81 per cent have struggled to play their favourite games due to inaccessible game features
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There are infinitely more accessibility settings and devices on the market now than there's ever been. Ever. I get that not everyone is able to play, but the industry is leaps above what it was before.
Like, game reviewers have even started pointing out accessibility features specifically - a major release without them is kinda newsworthy.
Sure, indie games might not be complying, but the amount of indie games with no key rebinding or GFX settings is a problem too - those might not be catering to all able-bodied folks either.
I'm happy to give indies a pass because they generally don't have the resources to know what accessibility settings people need, and they often don't go through the major reviewers. I think people should absolutely point out those issues, but I really expect new releases to be fully accessible.
Don't forget Nintendo titles being the most locked-down zero options games on the market. I played a Nintendo game for the first time in a decade recently and my god it felt so antequated. Couldn't even change volume levels lol.
Yeah, I'm hearing impaired and need captions. I've never seen a major game without them for many years now, and recent games have gone above and beyond with things like captioning sounds (not just dialogue) and directional indicators.
I kinda hope someday they'll remaster the original Assassin's Creed. It's the only non-spin off in the series that I haven't played. I own a copy, but gave up on it because it has no captions and I couldn't understand what anyone was saying.
I also love how difficulty settings are much more common now. I'm never gonna buy a Dark Souls game. Fuck those. I tried the first game and learned my lesson. Thankfully, most games these days don't take such an elitist stance with difficulty. It's really common that games these days will let you change difficulty on the fly. Some games have split puzzle vs combat difficulty. I've seen some games have specific settings just for reaction timing. And also love those settings that highlight interactive objects so I don't waste so much time looking for subtle hints that something is interactive.