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The Future of Accessible Gaming

Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible.

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Theresa O'Reilly for NPR.

NPR's latest episode of The Indicator, talks about the rising culture of accessibility in gaming. It's estimated that there are 46 million gamers with disabilities, creating a strong incentive for video game companies to improve their accessibility efforts.

Check out their conversation!

Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible : The Indicator from Planet Money
Gaming provides entertainment and community for billions of people worldwide. However, video games haven’t always been accessible to those with disabilities. But this is changing.Today, in the next installment of our series on the business of video games, we explain how accessibility has become an increasingly important priority for game developers and how advocates pushed them to this point.Related episodes:Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

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