Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002'
Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002'
technology@lemmy.world
No bro, Xbox isn't evil anymore. Phil Spencer is a good guy and Gamepass is the "best deal in gaming"./s
On serious note there is some legit reason to do something like this. Things like the Cronos Max or Rapid fire controllers are a legit problem in multiplayer games because they are hardware cheats essentially.
But they could have created an API that allows games to check if a unoffical device is detected if that is the reason.
From the article
The problem seems to revolve around brands that haven't acquired this licensing
It seems to just be rent seeking? Since it’s retroactive there probably isn’t a security change and malicious hardware can spoof being licensed, though this is unclear. So it probably only hurts legitimate small brands.
So use a tool like this for call of duty multiplayer lobbies, not globally. Who cares if people "cheat" in single player games?
As an avid modder I can tell you that'll make it harder but not impossible, I was halfway to hotwiring an xbox controller so I could run my xbox over parsec
Shooters on console. LOL
Play it on PC, has less cheaters.
Play it on PC, has less cheaters.
fun fact, whenever a game has crossplay - and has a big enough player base that i can do this, i will turn it off 100% of the time purely because I have experienced sooo many cheaters from the pc side of the crossplay.
a very common complaint about crossplay over on the consoles side of thing is "let us do just-console crossplay"
it is what it is, but it's also funny to see someone say what you said there. One of the great things about pc gaming is the freedom you have to do what you want, which unfortunately makes it 1000000x easier to cheat.
I call bullshit on that.
Less cheaters on pc? lol
Can’t figure out if you are trolling or if you are just very stupid
I'm PC too and you're absolutely talking out of your ass
The level of freedom the platform provides inevitably means using cheating software is easier, just comes with the territory
I didn't have Controller DRM on my 2023 bingo
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I had DRM on my coffee pot on my 2017 bingo card.
Let's add this to the list of shitty anti-consumer choices that big tech corporations have implemented this year.
IIRC Microsoft still hasn't reverted on their asinine choice of locking their console players into their overpriced branded SSDs.
Their SSD prices dropped significantly this past year when they allowed another company to start making them. But it's still nowhere near as cheap as PS5's SSD expansion which isn't proprietary at all.
I threw a 1TB aftermarket SSD in my XBox One S and there was absolutely no attempt to stop me.
The loading speed in Fortnite tripled.
I don't think it's as black and white as that. Not to say that Microsoft isn't dubious at times, but it seems they're trying to weed out dodgy devices here.
Give companies free reign to create third party devices and they'll create things that can be considered borderline cheat-y, or create things that are so bad that they affect people's experience of Xbox consoles.
All this error code seems to be doing is requiring third party hardware to go through proper checks to verify hardware.
All of the selfish things I'm learning from the comments in this thread about what Microsoft has been doing with their console such as banning aftermarket tech like controllers or generic SSDs is why I finally quit buying consoles entirely years ago and why I stopped paying for Xbox live. Enshitification is a real thing, my dudes.
I‘m very happy with the steam tv link app. It works great and you have a lot more games to choose from afaik.
The majority of PCs are Windows, which is only marginally better.
Well luckily for me I'm running Arch Linux so no concern there
In ten years, the only place you'll be able to truly own what you buy and play how you want is on Linux from Itch.io. These fools are salting the earth they grow their crops in.
And here I thought there wasn't a way to shoehorn Linux into this thread.
itch.io deserves the shout-out though
Not much of a shoehorn when we're speaking of the spawn of the eldritch god Microsoft. The article is even about unthinking destruction.
So how does it work ?
You need a rig to play indie games ?
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To play devil's advocate, I suspect that the majority of unauthorized 3rd party devices were designed for cheating versus mobility needs. Microsoft has fantastic accessibility accessories first-party that hopefully will meet the majority of needs.
A lot of devices are just adapters to allow you to play fighting, racing sim, flight sim, rhythm games with controllers from other platforms because these niche genres are even smaller on Xbox and go completely ignored by large accessories companies.
That's not going to change once these devices are blocked. It's a very heavy handed (and potentially lucrative) approach to stopping FPS cheaters.
They were making strides with the FGC getting SF6 and adding Guilty Gear Strive to Gamepass and then do this. Makes no sense.
Is there literally anything that is safe from DRMs ?
Linux
Until hardware manufacturers/websites refuse Linux computers thanks to remote attestation
Fuck Microsoft. Move away from consoles.
For anyone who wanted to read the article:
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xboxs-new-policy-say-goodbye-to-unofficial-accessories-after-novemberI thought Phil Spencer was a wholesome gamer? /s
Madcatz "Nooooooooooo!!!!"
More Apple by Microsoft.
I had the double tap issue with the official Xbox series X controller on PC. On Steam, on Game Pass, everywhere. And I was playing Persona 5 Royal at the time so it skipped dialogue. I returned it to Amazon and got a Dualsense. No issue whatsoever. Can't even make a damn controller...
“I got one lemon from one brand once and swore off the entire brand”
It's a known issue. Not a one unit problem. Just search A button double press.
They're gonna get slapped with a law suit o er this.
Nobody going to mention that this is likely to stop people from using devices like xim to spoof a controller while using keyboard and mouse? I know that this will likely be worked around but I’m sure that workaround gives Microsoft legal standing to go after the manufacturer. Still doesn’t make this any less shitty for someone using a third party controller and not cheating with it though.
Great! So I can't use a hitbox on street fighter or my choice of racing/flight sim rig in games that aren't first person shooters because of a problem that affects a genre I'm not even playing.
What a great solution that's not far-reaching, extremely heavy handed, and has a great potential for Microsoft to milk customers and small businesses alike! /s