[games_access] Scene It? Xbox 360 more accessible controllers

d. michelle hinn hinn at uiuc.edu
Wed Aug 8 00:24:32 EDT 2007


Yes, I agree -- it will be ultimately up to the studios as to whether 
they will support it. Ah...the big button is a D-Pad. I was wondering 
about that.

michelle

>I can't find the quote, but I read an interview and the MS rep did 
>say they want more games to use the peripheral. We can be sure to 
>see more games using it. I won't be surprised if it's up to 
>developers to contact MS and say, "We want to make this game using 
>that peripheral."
>
>The big button at the top acts as a D-Pad as far as I know, rather 
>than one big button.
>
>-Reid
>
>On 8/7/07, d. michelle hinn <<mailto:hinn at uiuc.edu> hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>Yes, I'm asking my friends at user research to see if they might 
>consider using this for a 360 game. I was waiting for them to 
>announce this. Could be very promising. Thanks for bringing it up on 
>the list!
>
>Michelle
>
>>Thanks to Reid, I found out that Microsoft did make 
>>a low-key announcement for their more accessible controllers:
>>
>
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><http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2007/08/xbox-360-scene-it-controllers.html>http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2007/08/xbox-360-scene-it-controlle 
>rs.html
>
>
>
>Not mind blowing, but could be nice for one-switch games and other 
>simplified control schemes for games. Hope Microsoft support this...
>
>
>
>Barrie
>
><http://www.OneSwitch.org.uk>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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