Today is a big day as we have fun the worldwide launch of the Access controller for the PS5 console – a real ardour mission impressed by the accessibility group and fueled by our mission to interrupt down gaming boundaries and create a way forward for extra accessible play.
Five years in the past, we began our journey by partaking consultants and organizations like AbleGamers, Stack-Up and SpecialEffect, in addition to PlayStation Studios, to assist us craft a novel controller design that would ship broad influence for the accessibility group. Thanks to their enter, and drawing from 28 years of SIE’s design experience and playtests with dozens of members throughout three continents, we created a extremely customizable accessibility controller equipment that works “out of the field” to assist avid gamers with disabilities play extra comfortably and for longer durations.
To have fun at this time’s launch, we invited some mates from the group who consulted on this mission to share their ideas on how the Access controller will open up new methods to play:
Highly customizable play expertise
Every side of the Access controller was crafted in shut session with accessibility consultants, specializing in three widespread challenges gamers with disabilities face: issue holding a normal controller for lengthy durations, precisely urgent small clusters of buttons or triggers, or positioning thumbs and fingers optimally. The Access controller is designed to handle all three challenges via a extremely customizable play expertise, together with a fastidiously curated equipment of 19 swappable button caps and three stick caps in varied shapes and designs. Players can freely tailor these to go well with their particular person power, vary of movement, and bodily wants, and create customized management configurations via an array of different {hardware} and software program customization options:
Every element, right down to the inclusively-designed packaging that’s openable with one hand, was impressed by our conversations with accessibility consultants and playtesters. To everybody in the neighborhood who contributed to this mission, thanks from the underside of our hearts. The Access controller wouldn’t have been attainable with out your ardour, suggestions and invaluable insights.
Getting began
Here are some assets that can assist you uncover all of the configuration choices the Access controller gives:
If you’re curious how a few of our accessibility consultants have been utilizing Access controller of their gaming setups, take a look at the video beneath:
The journey ahead
We’re deeply grateful for the keenness you’ve proven for the Access controller and may’t wait to see the way you’ll take its expansive customization choices into your individual fingers. Early subsequent yr, Logitech G will begin rolling out the complementary LogitechG Adaptive Gaming Kit for Access controller, offering much more customization choices for gamers with particular accessibility wants.
Our highest aspiration is that the Access controller encourages extra folks with disabilities to expertise the enjoyment of play and check out video games they by no means thought had been attainable to play. Drop us a remark if you have already got some concepts for the way you’ll customise yours!
Thanks for being a part of our journey to create a future the place play has no limits.
