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A comment on Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November. Parent comment

Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories... by jauntywundrkind on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:22AM (#38069797)
Not loving the way you steamroll through the already super sensible super easy path & project the ultra hard mode as the only option.

> The older K&M convertors would require a wired controller to be connected to them so they could pass the auth check.

This seems like it'll barely be a speed bump. A bunch of folks will have to get new cheating gear, which will be a temporary reprieve, but most probably will do just that.

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Re:Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories... by Crosseye_Jack on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:01PM (#38071252)
Personally I’ve been out of the whole controller modding scene for a while, but the xim devs ( they made one of the first mass market K&M converters) don’t seem too worried about this update because they require the use of an official controller to handle the auth challenge & response.

It seems as of now, MS are only targeting unofficial controllers that circumvent the existing auth check (which some of the full custom built cheat controllers as well as other unofficial 3rd party controllers.

So (imo) it will have very little impact on cheat controllers at all and will mainly affect those who just tried to save a few bucks.

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