Modern Warfare 3 Colourblind Friendly
Hello, and welcome to another episode of “Things we asked for in 1995″. In today’s episode, Sledgehammer have confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 will have a ‘Colour Blind Assist’ option.
VP of the new COD studio Michael Condrey confirmed the feature in an answer to a reader question on the Sledgehammer blog – but not before laying down some stats:
“Research suggests that as much as 6% of the general population suffers from Color Blindness, or more accurately Color Vision Deficiency. Men (9-12%) are 20x more likely to be afflicted than women (0.25-1%).
“Those numbers vary depending on which source you quote, but we estimate that nearly a million gamers are playing Call of Duty every day with this issue. I am happy to report that we are working on a Color Blind Assist option for Modern Warfare 3.”
Condrey pointed out that blaming poor multiplayer performance on a bit of colour confusion would no longer be an option. We suggest using the brand new killstreak system as an excuse instead. Oh, he’s such a card that one. Let’s see if you implement it correctly before you start talking smack, Mr Condrey. Bad Company 2 managed it, but something tells me you’ll still manage to mess it up.
