Microsoft 2019 Super Bowl Ad: We All Win

[Chazore]

 

Pemalite said: 

I probably should give to charity more often. - But they are usually religiously motivated, which kills my motivation to support them.

I think at the end of the day though, Microsoft should be praised for kickstarting things... Because the other gaming peripheral manufacturers haven't exactly been supporting those with disabilities.

If it helps their image, then kudos to them... The real winners in all of this isn't Microsoft... Isn't even us. It's those with disabilities.

I come from a disability/aged carer background, so this isn't new ground for me... Companies do it all the time.
But you take it for what it is and take any benefits you can get.

I had a client once that was addicted to my SNES, he could only use his left hand... Consequently, there was a game on the SNES that was perfectly suited to him, Lufia 2. - You could play the entire game with just your left hand. Was fantastic.

Hopefully there is more to come in Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo catering for those with disabilities, because at the end of the day, it's a good thing, PR move or not.

Why does it kill your motivation?. Going by your later logic, surely it wouldn't matter and be a good thing right?. I'm not a fan of religion myself, but a few of my friends are religious and I support them for their choices either way (just as long as they don't try to convert me).

Kickstarting, I dunno, I'm sure throughout history has at least designed a controller for the slightly disabled.

Edit: after some checking, it seems there have been gamepads and mods made for the disabled over the years: https://www.ranker.com/list/video-game-controllers-for-people-with-disabilities/nathan-gibson So this isn't exactly a first ever thing to be done before. Likely the first ever Superbowl ad for something like this, but we shouldn't put the ad above the act itself, an act already done before by others out there.

Of course it'll help their image, I wasn't expecting it to backfire or damage their image.

 

I to come from a similar background (two residential homes, owned in the past by my folks). I'm aware it's nothing new, but that doesn't mean it's alright for any company to make prime use of the disabled, like an upcoming president campaigner does when using someone's baby for PR.

End of the day it's great that the disabled get more going for them. I just wish these companies displayed this level of caring a decade or two ago, because to me it doesn't feel genuine, it feels like using them, and no one likes the disabled being taken advantage of PR or not.