Microsoft : Equipped with the right gear, gamers with disabilities are making new connections across the world
Message : Required fields He has been encouraging people with disabilities to game since 1998. But console controllers used to be designed only for players who could use fingers on both hands to move characters, attack enemies, talk and so on. Tanaka and his colleagues would modify controllers with accessories to meet the needs and abilities of individual patients. But customizing controllers this way wasn't easy or cheap. That changed in 2018 with the debut of the Xbox Adaptive Controller. 'I was astounded,' he said. 'We had been begging game companies for yea...