{"id":59689,"date":"2019-02-01T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/microsoft-highlights-the-xbox-adaptive-controller-in-emotional-super-bowl-ad\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T03:09:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:09:12","slug":"microsoft-highlights-the-xbox-adaptive-controller-in-emotional-super-bowl-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/microsoft-highlights-the-xbox-adaptive-controller-in-emotional-super-bowl-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft highlights the Xbox Adaptive Controller in emotional Super Bowl ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, people had to wait for the Super Bowl to watch the ads. Those dark days are over. Now you can have companies sell you products on-demand, any time, day or night. Amazon has already debuted<\/a> its latest Alexa ad, and now Microsoft\u2019s getting in on the action \u2014 and this one\u2019s a bit of a tear-jerker. <\/span><\/p>\n

The software giant\u2019s Super Bowl spot highlights some of the work it\u2019s done to increase the accessibility of its products. Front and center is the Xbox Adaptive Controller<\/a>, a $100 ad-on that makes the console more accessible to gamers with a range of different needs. The spot features a number of different children (and their parents) who are better able to enjoy gaming using the device.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Adaptive Controller was created with input from a number of different groups, including The AbleGamers Charity, The Cerebral Palsy Foundation, SpecialEffect and Warfighter Engaged, and tested with help from various users. On top of its base functionality with two large pads, it also works with a number of different control inputs, which can be plugged into the rear of the product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once upon a time, people had to wait for the Super Bowl to watch the ads. Those dark days are over. Now you can have companies sell you products on-demand, any time, day or night. Amazon has already debuted its latest Alexa ad, and now Microsoft\u2019s getting in on the action \u2014 and this one\u2019s… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t