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This has been mentioned before, but by simply using colored circles for their controller buttons, they are ignoring the needs of a lot of color blind gamers. T
by illumin8 14y ago
This has been mentioned before, but by simply using colored circles for their controller buttons, they are ignoring the needs of a lot of color blind gamers. This is why every console manufacturer has symbols on the buttons. Color coding doesn't work so well when a significant percentage of your players can't differentiate between green and red.
This could be solved very easily by picking some symbols to go along with the colors. Of course, our patent and trademark laws are ridiculous and it's highly likely that Microsoft has already patented the letters X, Y, A, and B...
- randomdrake 14y agoSeems like a no-brainer to use: O, U, Y, A.
- bdz 14y agothere will be letters. and yes, O, U, Y, A. http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4547820/ouya2_gallery_post.jpg http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4547820/ouya2_ga...
- paulhodge 14y agoFunny story, an early version of the OnLive controller used the letters L,I,V,E, which spelled EVIL when read a certain way. http://9to5google.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/onlive_controller_front_labeled_full.png http://9to5google.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/onlive_control...
- aiham 14y agoThey state at the bottom of the post: "P.S. We're still deciding on the buttons. For now, we've stuck with the colored circles as placeholders. But don't fret, we won't leave out colorblind gamers. :)"
- fhars 14y agoNot only has it been mentioned before, it is clearly described in the article as an interim solution that will be relaced by something accessible to coulorblind people in the final design.
- slantyyz 14y ago>> Microsoft has already patented the letters X, Y, A, and B.. Wouldn't Nintendo (Super Nintendo), Sega (Genesis and forward) et al. have prior art on this? Microsoft was far from the first to use those letters.
- teamonkey 14y agoDesignmarked, not patented I believe. So the green A, red B, blue X, yellow Y are owned by Microsoft. Sony have the circle, triangle, square and cross. In terms of patents, Nintendo have the cross-shaped D-pad, Sony have the segmented d-pad and Microsoft are left with the awful spongy rocker pad.
- arthurbrown 14y ago>> ... it's highly likely that Microsoft has already patented the letters X, Y, A, and B... Nintendo and Sega have both used this scheme since SNES / Dreamcast respectively (as well as Nintendo DS).
- wreckimnaked 14y ago> This could be solved very easily by picking some symbols to go along with the colors. Of course, our patent and trademark laws are ridiculous and it's highly likely that Microsoft has already patented the letters X, Y, A, and B... That'd be a shame. X, Y, A and B sounds more Super Nintendo than Xbox.