And not to be rude, but mainstream devs, with but a few exeptions, seem dead set against anything that would change their prooducts even for the better. "Accessibility for the blind? That won't work in our game. And anyway blind people can't play because they're blind!" We've heard it alll before I'm sure. And unless someone somewhere comes up with some staggerring statistics that prove the value of making their products accessible, most of them aren't likely to say "why yes, go ahead and make an accessible game for our console!" If mainstream accessibility is ever going to happen it's going to take numbers and lots of them, to get the point across. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Psp project in the works.
> Hi Josh, > Well, writing a screen reader for a PSP is next to impossible for a > developer who is not connected with Sony. Back when I started USA Games > I looked at the idea of making accessible console games for XBox, Play > Stations, etc and found out it is a very closed development platform. > Everything you create for a PSP/Play Station has to be personally > approved by Sony. There are no free development tools, SDKs, etc out > there for it. it goes like this. > > A. You must sign a non-disclosure agreement with Sony not to release > anytechnical details about the console with other parties. > B. You must pay several thousand dollars for the development tools. I > think it was something like 50 grand or something like that. > C. Every product you create for the Play Station must be approved by > Sony Inc in advance. > D. Finished products must be submited to Sony for testing and more > approval. > E. After releasing said product a percentage of your sales goes to Sony > as royalty fees. > > As you might have guessed from the above list an outside developer has > about as much chanse of writing agame or screen reader for a PSP as a > snowball in hell. > > jeh wrote: >> Hi, >> it would be cool if someone would make a basic screen reader for the psp. > > > --- > 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] > --- 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]
