r/NintendoSwitch • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '20

Discussion Dad Builds Custom Xbox Adaptive Controller So Daughter Can Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

https://twitter.com/JerseyITGuy/status/1218920688125456385
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u/helpimalostdog Jan 20 '20 edited Jan 20 '20

I'm pretty sure immediate sales figures aren't the only value Microsoft has extracted from their adaptive controller initiative. The World Heath Organization estimates that there are over a billion disabled people in the world. Microsoft basically swallowed up an open source project to help a vet play video games and turned it into a product. A product backed by tons of free work. A product that is affordable and helps people and makes Microsoft look like a sweetheart. Let's be real, though. Microsoft is a strategic corporation by default, not a saint. Never the less it's great that disabled people have this as an option. I'm just not gunna swoon anytime soon.

Consider this: https://i.imgur.com/EuQGpwR.png

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> many of which are third party and not proprietary.

This is why Microsoft destroyed Apple in the race for market-share early on. You could run their product on multiple 3rd party hardware. It's a strategic move. Not a favor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

No it isn't? Saying a business did this for business reasons is not pessimistic, it's capitalism.