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.
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
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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.
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