A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more people with disabilities

Re:A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more p... by donatj on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:31AM (#17090407)

This is a very heart warming development for me.

My dad has one hand, and only one finger on the hand he does have. He LOVED playing Atari 2600 and NES when I was a kid and I have very fond memories of playing games with him.

After the SNES though he completely stopped playing games out of frustration, angry about why they needed so many buttons. I don’t think he ever even attempted to play our N64, let alone later consoles.

I really hope the price point is accessible, I’d love to play games with my dad again.

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Re:A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more p... by vingiesel on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:10PM (#17092579)

> I don’t think he ever even attempted to play our N64

Understandable, since the n64 controller was designed for people with 3 hands.

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Re:A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more p... by watwut on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:23AM (#17090691)

Had you looked at http://www.ablegamers.org/ ? They can help to select right assistive technology for your dad.

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Re:A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more p... by kingbirdy on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:42PM (#17092943)

Outside of this controller, if you and your dad have any interest in fighting games, you could check out Dive Kick - it's a two button fighting game, and they sell (sold?) a special controller with only two buttons.

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Re:A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more p... by arkh on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:06PM (#17092537)

You may want to let him try some "simple" games : things like super hexagon or one finger death punch require only 2 keys. And some reflexes.

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