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Visually impaired gamer sues Sony Online - http://bit.ly/2Xjl3C - What are your thoughts? 8 days ago

I hope this kid loses because he's an idiot: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239339.html 8 days ago

Even video gamers file ADA lawsuits. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239339.html 11 days ago

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Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... GameSpot is reporting a lawsuit, filed by a visually impaired gamer, alleges Sony is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by not making its games more accessible with reasonable modifications. ...

Visually impaired gamer sues Sony
Destructoid — ... ), but what about those who are only visually impaired and want to play games? Shouldn't they be considered when game designers make games? A new lawsuit filed against Sony thinks as much. ...

Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony [Legal]
Kotaku — ... and I'm sure our team of lawyers will robustly discuss them in the comments below, the action is intriguing to me in that it seems to depend on finding a virtual environment is a public accommodation. I can't even begin to argue coherently that it is or isn't or should or should not be. A judge could find that an MMO is a public accommodation and Stern could still lose, but such a ruling could have larger ramifications that outlive this case, for more than just Sony. Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony Online [GameSpot, thanks Roberto E.] ...

Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony
Blue's News — Visually impaired gamer sues Sony Online on GameSpot reports on a lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Central District of California against Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, and Sony Computer Entertainment America alleging that Sony is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to make its games accessible to visually impaired gamers. Word is: The suit also specifies the ways in which other companies have made their games accessible. For instance, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft allows the use of third-party mods in its game, which has led to the ...

Sony Sued For Discrimination Against the Blind
The Escapist : Latest News — ... for Stern to use the marketplace to sell his items, I can see his point. Strangely enough, this is one of the first lawsuits in recent memory that doesn't strike me as unreasonable. Stern only wants to be able to access the same features as everyone else, and for Sony to allow for the same modifications to be added to its games that plenty of other games already have. If I was Stern, I'd be royally pissed that I couldn't get the same dose of Evercrack as everyone else too. Source: Gamespot

Disabled Gamer Sues Sony
GamePolitics News — ... by disabled and/or visually impaired people by “providing visual cues through several simple third-party modifications.” Stern notes that other accessibility features are available and have been implemented by “companies whose resources pale in comparison with Sony’s.” The suit also names “Does 1 through 10,” as the plaintiff “does not presently know the true names and capacities of the defendants.” |Via GameSpot|

Visually-impaired gamer sues Sony
Gamers Rights Law — ... Sony is being sued again, this time it is a visually-impaired gamer who does not feel he is getting proper support from the gaming company. You can also read a report ...