Hi, Well, as i pointed out so many times on this list alone it goes beyond greed or a lack of desire to offer accessible games for us. It is simply we don't have the numbers to prove we actually matter. They aren't going to spend x amount of time to add accessibility for game x for just $2000, $5000, or $10000. Their least paid game developer makes at a minimum 5 or 6 times that amount per year. Making accessible games for blind people is something that has to pay off for them, or they simply will not do it. Let us assume Lucas Arts or someone takes the time to make one of there new games fully accessible. If there marketing research returns no increase in sales, or they only pull in 2000 blinks with their new game they are going to state it was a failior and not a success, because success for these people is several thousand blind gamers. Do you guys see the problem? However, on the other hand they are not exactly going to hand the job over to someone else for free. They are in the business of making money, licensing their product, and legally have the power of saying who can do what.
Bryan wrote: > Most mainstream devs are. True, Nintendo did seem very open to the idea of > blind accessible games when I spoke to them a while back, but I still > wouldn't fancy trying to copy one of their titles without perrmission. > Dragon Slayer Games is certainly pushing their luck with their Mario game. > Admittedly it's probably going to be free, but still. Anyway, as far as I'm > concerned that Mario game, despite their claim, isn't really in the true > Mario spirit, even if it features music and sounds from the game. > Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] copyrights > > > yes true. Lucas arts is just greedy greedy greedy that's all. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
