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Xbox Adaptive Controller a 'first' for disabled gamers

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Something cool... Microsoft is creating the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC). It's a new gamepad that features 19 3.5mm input jacks which you can plug all sorts of add-ons into. 

 

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This is like a week old news at that point, and has been posted a couple of times already.

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9 minutes ago, Some Random Member said:

This is like a week old news at that point, and has been posted a couple of times already.

I just saw it xD 

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I checked out the Youtube announcement video for the handicapable XBone controller. Even the comments were disabled.

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Pretty cool, I wonder how big the market for it is though. I know of course there will be kids that are unable to play with a normal controller but I don't know if there are enough people to make this a justifiable product

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On 26/05/2018 at 11:51 AM, matrix07012 said:

I checked out the Youtube announcement video for the handicapable XBone controller. Even the comments were disabled.

That's because there were a lot of people whining Microsoft was paying attention to disabled gamers - better to have no comments at all, than users intent on telling the world how much they hate those with disabilities being given equal rights.

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19 heaphone jacks

 

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The'yre not really headphone jacks; they use the 3.5mm connector to custom configure the D-pad and other functions seen on an XB1 controller.

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11 minutes ago, Hyncharas said:

The'yre not really headphone jacks; they use the 3.5mm connector to custom configure the D-pad and other functions seen on an XB1 controller.

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3 hours ago, Hyncharas said:

That's because there were a lot of people whining Microsoft was paying attention to disabled gamers - better to have no comments at all, than users intent on telling the world how much they hate those with disabilities being given equal rights.

They should stand up for them selfs.

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36 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

They should stand up for them selfs.

Case in point why comments were disabled.

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12 hours ago, Froody129 said:

Pretty cool, I wonder how big the market for it is though. I know of course there will be kids that are unable to play with a normal controller but I don't know if there are enough people to make this a justifiable product

Putting my cynical hat on, maybe they are hoping for a innovation to come out of this they can sell to able bodied gamers.

 

Maybe they did some market research and there is a large enough potential market for it. Especially considering it will almost certainly work with PC too, and could help some disable people use non-gaming applications they may not be able to easily use currently.

 

Maybe Microsoft just wants to be nice, though seems unlikely. 

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I could see this being used by amateur hobists to make some crazy controllers.
- Calling it now. Someone will make a Rube Goldberg Machine using this that plays a level or section of some game.

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