Xbox will block third-party controllers to "preserve the console experience"

Re:Xbox will block third-party controllers to "preserve the ... by VincentEvans on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:06AM (#38083505)

Every cheater will buy a cheating peripheral, and then go around saying how it isn’t all that much of an advantage, and how they don’t even need it, and have some story how they got it for some other reason entirely and certainly not for the reasons stated on the box. And then continue using it.

The poster claims to somehow know how much of an advantage it is. Wonder how that knowledge was acquired? I am sure that too was perfect innocent and just “that one time”. Then why all the hand-wringing about these cheats getting blocked?

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Re:Xbox will block third-party controllers to "preserve the ... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:36PM (#38089368)

> Every cheater will buy a cheating peripheral, and then go around saying how it isn’t all that much of an advantage, and how they don’t even need it, and have some story how they got it for some other reason entirely and certainly not for the reasons stated on the box.

I don't think that's true at all!

> The poster claims to somehow know how much of an advantage it is. Wonder how that knowledge was acquired? I am sure that too was perfectly innocent and just “that one time”.

They didn't even say they tested it online.

And you're making a claim that's impossible to disprove. Oh if they say they cheat regularly, they cheat regularly, and if they say they tried it out of curiosity, they're lying and they cheat regularly.

> Then why all the hand-wringing about these cheats getting blocked?

Because it's going to get blocked in all situations. Single player? Blocked. Fighting games? Blocked. Games with friends? Blocked.

They're not blocking cheats, they're blocking the controller itself. (If the block works on this model.)

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