Sony unveils new video game controller for gamers with disabilities

By Barrier Free Japan with extracts from AP

October 25 2023

TOKYO – Five years in the making, Sony PlayStation is releasing a new highly adjustable video game controller for a wide variety of gamers with various physical disabilities.

Playing video games has long been a challenge for people with disabilities, chiefly because the standard controllers for the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo can be difficult, or even impossible, to maneuver for people with limited mobility.

As part of the gaming industry’s efforts to address the problem, Sony has developed the Access controller for the PlayStation, working with input from accessibility consultants. Its the latest addition to the accessible-controller market, whose contributors range from Microsoft to startups and even hobbyists with 3D printers.