Hi Everyone,

The gaming industry attracts many people of all ages. Let’s think for a second about those people, who want to play video games, but they can’t because of some kind of physical problem that they have or the people who has played video games for years and then something happens and they can’t use both of their hands. Our gaming controllers today are for people that have full functionality of both of their hands. What if we can make something new that will bring not only more people into the gaming industry, but also bring people back into the industry that had to give up video games because of something beyond their control. My suggestion is making a one-handed gaming controller for people that can’t use both of their hands.

The design that I propose is a controller that a person can hold in one hand that is shaped to grip hand around the bottom part of the controller. This controller will have a wrist band attached to it, so the player can easily access the whole controller and don’t have any worries of dropping it. This controller will be connected to the future play station consoles and will have the similar features on the controller that the standard two-handed controller has. On the controller, there will be the four key buttons, which is Triangle, Square, O, and X. It will also feature the touchpad, options button, arrow buttons, and the analog stick. The controller will also include the motion sensor. Lastly, it will have the top buttons as well, which is the L2 and R2 buttons. It will have a fitting grip on the back of the controller, so the player can hold the controller tightly if needed.

This controller will allow players to play sport, shooter, and simulation based games. For Example, shooting games can be played by the top L2 button being the fire button and use the analog stick to move around at the same time, so the player doesn’t get killed easily. The arrow keys can be to change weapons quickly and the L2 button can also be used as the way to throw grenades.

In sport games, the player can also use similar controls to play like football, baseball, and basketball. Racing games can also be played with this type of controller. The controller can also be used in simulation type games like Pet games where you need to care for pets by doing things for them and this type of game is where the motion sensor on the controller comes in handy, so the player can just hold a button and wave the controller to do certain things. Like I said before, this controller can be what can make our gaming industry grow by targeting a new audience and bringing back people that were forced to stop gaming because of an unfortunate circumstance.

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