From November 12th, Microsoft promises to block third party accessories that are not authorized by the company from being used on the Xbox, on an unprecedented anti-competitive move. This restriction includes game controllers.

Some current unauthorized accessory users have been receiving the following warning:

A connected accessory is not authorized. Using unauthorized accessories compromises your gaming experience. For this reason, the unauthorized accessory will be blocked from use on 11/12/2023.

For help returning it, check with the store it came from or contact the manufacturer. To see authorized accessories, go to www.xbox.com/accessories. (0x82d60002).

Brook Gaming, a manufacturer of third party controller adapters and fight sticks, put out an official statement regarding the upcoming change, and are looking for solutions to keep their products working on Xbox consoles.

A list of authorized accessories can be found on the official Xbox accessory page--most of which are specifically wired gamepads. Going forward, brands will need to have a specific chip and authorization from Microsoft itself to function as an official wireless accessory on Xbox systems.

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[Ligeia]

Wow. How considerate of them to care about us not compromizing our gaming experience.

 

[Kioku]

Cool.. Considering most third party controllers are authorized, this makes a lot of sense.

 

[CMDreamer]

Looks like all 8BitDo compatible controllers will stop working then and users will have to buy "authorized" low quality crap ones (coff, coff, PowerA and alikes).

Nice move MicroSucks, "awesome" gaming experience for your more and more limited gamebase.

Another reason not to buy anything xbox related stuff... checked.

Who's next sunny?

 

[Xzi]

Cool.. Considering most third party controllers are authorized, this makes a lot of sense.

Apparently this affects Brooks boards, which are some of the most common ones used in fight pads and arcade sticks. Hopefully they overshot by mistake and will add more controllers to the exception list soon, because this seems like a really egregious unforced error otherwise. They'll end up pushing even more potential customers to other platforms.

 

[Tex_McBladeSword]

Didnt microsoft just get OUT of an anti-consumer lawsuit?

 

[RAHelllord]

What? Microsoft pulling another anticompetitive stunt out of their collective asses? Must be a regular Monday.

I'm surprised they didn't just monetize it. Sorry you'll now need an active gamepass gold subscription in order to use third-party accessories.

Glad I still haven't bought any of the current gen consoles.

 

[pustal]

I made it to the front page?

- Hi mom!

... Oh wait, this is not TV...

... And I don't have a mom...

 

[x65943]

"unauthorized accessories compromises your gaming experience"

Not being able to use my controller compromises my gaming experience exponentially more

I don't know why anyone still buys gaming consoles in this day and age - buy a PC and stop supporting these jokers

 

[pustal]

Didnt microsoft just get OUT of an anti-consumer lawsuit?

Dunno about that, but there has been a whole Activision-Blizzard process for show about dominant market position and anti-monopoly processes in various markers. This just proves Microsoft can't be trusted. I hope this impacts ongoing antitrust stuff.

 

[SDA]

The guys at Brook are on their own now. They better get a license from Microsoft soon if they want to continue producing Xbox accessories.

 

[yoyoyo69]

Wow, I really didn't expect Microsoft to go back to full corporate scum so quick and hard.

This is a disgusting move, they're really going full steam ahead with their price fixing and monopoly ambitions. Hats off to everyone who fought their corner, during the buy out of Activision.

 

[KiiWii]

Is there a link to the list of authorised accesssories?

 

[CoolMe]

I don't know why anyone still buys gaming consoles in this day and age - buy a PC and stop supporting these jokers

^This. Specially in this generation, there's no reason to buy an Xbox console as most of their games can be played on pc. As for Sony, they're starting to bring more & more of their exclusive games to pc, and the PS5 library is still not there yet. Without mentioning, how gigantic the pc library is, for example you can get any game from the past 2 gens without relying or waiting for any BS BC program to allow you to play those games.. Also games are MUCH cheaper on pc than consoles, so in the long run pc is def better in every conceivable way.

 

[spinal_cord]

Microsoft = Apple ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[PopcornSweetie]

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From November 12th, Microsoft promises to block third party accessories that are not authorized by the company from being used on the Xbox, on an unprecedented anti-competitive move. This restriction includes game controllers.

Some current unauthorized accessory users have been receiving the following warning:



Brook Gaming, a manufacturer of third party controller adapters and fight sticks, put out an official statement regarding the upcoming change, and are looking for solutions to keep their products working on Xbox consoles.

A list of authorized accessories can be found on the official Xbox accessory page--most of which are specifically wired gamepads. Going forward, brands will need to have a specific chip and authorization from Microsoft itself to function as an official wireless accessory on Xbox systems.

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This ONE change made up my mind: Playstation ftw! (Yes i know about Sony with the PS3 and Nintendo and their Switch)

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Every month Microsoft do something that make me regret buying a Series X.

They have shown to be such a shitty company.
Blocked emulation, increased the cost of Gamepass, are taking away cloud storage for captures and now my usb adapter for using fight sticks and my other controllers is going to become useless. On top of them making nothing but shit games.

I made a mistake.

 

[PopcornSweetie]

Every month Microsoft do something that make me regret buying a Series X.

They have shown to be such a shitty company.
Blocked emulation, increased the cost of Gamepass, are taking away cloud storage for captures and now my usb adapter for using fight sticks and my other controllers is going to become useless. On top of them making nothing but shit games.

I made a mistake.

I wanted to buy one, but now i am not longer going to. It is not about why, it is about the principle.

 

[YuseiFD]

Does every single company has to have a major dick move ?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

I wanted to buy one, but now i am not longer going to. It is not about why, it is about the principle.

Had mine for 2 years now and had ZERO complaints about it for a year and a half until all these things happened in just the past 6 months.

They've went off the rails and I bet this is only the beginning of the anti-consumer shit they're going to put on us.