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Originally Posted by swiss
Aaaargh!
Back in the day you just put a warning for epileptics on the box and suggested the buy something else. Problem solved.
But no, in 2011 we need an epileptic compliant game - if it's not, you can't sell it.
Jeez, this is Western Europe, you can't sue someone who warned you, yet you refuse to obey and play it anyway.
How many people are suffering of this disease anyway?
(I once met one: They can talk you, and while in the middle of the sentence just faint and drop on the floor - like they just got a headshot...
Anyway, you have be quick to catch them before the hit the floor, especially if the floor is hard.)
Wiki says: 0.5% of the population are suffering of epilepsy.
Wow, that could really damage your sales.
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Also, you have to consider this fact. Not all epileptic sufferers are affected by flashing images. So the percentage of people who can be affected by games is even lower.
My Mum is epileptic and has never had a seizure caused by flashing images.