• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    As part of the “Accessible Games Initiative,” the five “founding members” — Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, and Ubisoft — will initially use a set of 24 tags like “large and clear subtitles” and “narrated menus” to communicate certain accessibility features, according to a press release.

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      4 days ago

      What? Is this a positive step by large companies?

      The cynic in me thinks they’ll push to legislate for this so Indies cannot compete and they make more money from MTX hell.

      • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        19 hours ago

        That’s called regulatory capture and is a prominent feature of capitalism. Many big companies will form a regulatory cartel in the name of safety, but position themselves as the arbiters of safety and anyone who doesn’t invest as much as them is an enemy of safety