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Five years after Xbox.

askonomm 3y ago
So? What does this comparison add to the table? Is it somehow bad to create the same thing for a different platform? Did you also write on Google Chrome thread when it launched "4 years after Firefox"? It just sounds demeaning. I for one don't care what Xbox has or doesn't have, I like my PS, and I'm happy that people with disabilities can also game on PS now if they'd want to do so.
- blitz_skull 3y ago
  5 years late and only one joy stick. How can you simultaneously be late to the innovation table AND deliver an inferior product?
  - alpaca128 3y ago
    What makes you think that an official controller doesn't have enough inputs, or that it's inferior? Just a single image?
    - blitz_skull 3y ago
      Uh.. the review where the disabled gamer mentions that he can’t play the game that needs 2 thumb sticks because the controller only had 1. It’s stated clearly in the article.
- zlg_codes 3y ago
  It's merely a reminder that they didn't think of it first and aren't trailblazing anything. There have been many community controllers but I believe MS was the first to try to make a real consumer product that serves disabilities without DIY stuff. Kind of an odd stunt and a tiny market, but it appears to have made some splashes. Sure we can 'just be happy', but we can also acknowledge that Sony didn't care about it until Microsoft did something about it. Same as they didn't care about motion controls until Nintendo busted out the Wii. Both MS and Sony scrambled to put out motion shit the next few years.
  - askonomm 3y ago
    Fair enough. I guess I'm just conditioned to see that almost nobody cares about accessibility and so I'm just happy to see a win no matter how small.
redundantly 3y ago
And Microsoft did it nearly 30 years after Nintendo released their Hands Free Controller. There's no need to attempt to diminish what Sony is doing. Anything that improves the quality of life for people that have been previously excluded should be applauded. Even if they took longer than others.
- prettygood 3y ago
  I agree that saying “Microsoft did it already” is a silly response to something that is just a positive to gaming. But your example of Nintendo doesn’t really mean anything when Nintendo didn’t put a lot of effort in supporting disabled people the last generations. I applaud Nintendo for doing this for the NES, but where are they today?
  - devnullbrain 3y ago
    >But your example of Nintendo doesn’t really mean anything when Nintendo didn’t put a lot of effort in supporting disabled people the last generations. Because it's not an example of Nintendo being good, it's an example of why this reductive argument is meaningless.
lopis 3y ago
Didn't the Xbox just ban 3rd party controllers?
- alpaca128 3y ago
  Yes, and I'm not surprised considering the quality and price of the official models. No need to compete when there's no competition.
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- DerekL 3y ago
  Microsoft banned controllers that they didn’t license. Microsoft-licensed 3rd-party controllers are still allowed.

So? What does this comparison add to the table? Is it somehow bad to create the same thing for a different platform? Did you also write on Google Chrome thread when it launched "4 years after Firefox"? It just sounds demeaning. I for one don't care what Xbox has or doesn't have, I like my PS, and I'm happy that people with disabilities can also game on PS now if they'd want to do so.

blitz_skull 3y ago
5 years late and only one joy stick. How can you simultaneously be late to the innovation table AND deliver an inferior product?
- alpaca128 3y ago
  What makes you think that an official controller doesn't have enough inputs, or that it's inferior? Just a single image?
  - blitz_skull 3y ago
    Uh.. the review where the disabled gamer mentions that he can’t play the game that needs 2 thumb sticks because the controller only had 1. It’s stated clearly in the article.
zlg_codes 3y ago
It's merely a reminder that they didn't think of it first and aren't trailblazing anything. There have been many community controllers but I believe MS was the first to try to make a real consumer product that serves disabilities without DIY stuff. Kind of an odd stunt and a tiny market, but it appears to have made some splashes. Sure we can 'just be happy', but we can also acknowledge that Sony didn't care about it until Microsoft did something about it. Same as they didn't care about motion controls until Nintendo busted out the Wii. Both MS and Sony scrambled to put out motion shit the next few years.
- askonomm 3y ago
  Fair enough. I guess I'm just conditioned to see that almost nobody cares about accessibility and so I'm just happy to see a win no matter how small.

redundantly 3y ago

And Microsoft did it nearly 30 years after Nintendo released their Hands Free Controller. There's no need to attempt to diminish what Sony is doing. Anything that improves the quality of life for people that have been previously excluded should be applauded. Even if they took longer than others.

prettygood 3y ago
I agree that saying “Microsoft did it already” is a silly response to something that is just a positive to gaming. But your example of Nintendo doesn’t really mean anything when Nintendo didn’t put a lot of effort in supporting disabled people the last generations. I applaud Nintendo for doing this for the NES, but where are they today?
- devnullbrain 3y ago
  >But your example of Nintendo doesn’t really mean anything when Nintendo didn’t put a lot of effort in supporting disabled people the last generations. Because it's not an example of Nintendo being good, it's an example of why this reductive argument is meaningless.

lopis 3y ago

Didn't the Xbox just ban 3rd party controllers?

alpaca128 3y ago
Yes, and I'm not surprised considering the quality and price of the official models. No need to compete when there's no competition.
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DerekL 3y ago
Microsoft banned controllers that they didn’t license. Microsoft-licensed 3rd-party controllers are still allowed.