That's not what they're blocking. It's the dongles being banned. There are only 2 non-dongle controllers that aren't MS official controllers. The very expensive Scuf and the Power A which I think they pay a hefty licence for the proprietary wireless interface.
There is no circle. It's just frustrating that you're ignoring what everybody is saying and continously trying to argue it's the fault of those who have bought some ancient old obsolete tech when it has nothing to do with that.
Orrrrr the best fighting sticks, the best racing wheels, the best flight controls, the most durable stick (hall effect) controllers, some of the best custom pro controllers, many custom accessories for people with disabilities. All unofficial. Also anyone who got a pricey and sizable racing setup for PC or PS5 that they would also want to use on Xbox with an adapter so they don't have to spend all that money again and use twice the space in their house.
I can only get behind such moves if they are made to combat cheating. I truthfully don't know if these unlicensed products could be used by nefarious gamers. In saying that, it seems like some blame should go to the companies selling customers product without paying their licensing fees. They gladly charged customers knowing their products were not fully supported and this was a very real possible outcome.
I primarily played Playstation for a long time but during PS3 years Sony got arrogant and did a bunch of anticonsumer shit, so I sold it and went PC only for years. Later I got an Xbox One and have enjoyed a lot of stuff Microsoft has done ever since, advocated a lot for them in view of what they were doing on the platform. However, recently they have become arrogant and slipped in more and more anticonsumer things the second they didn't feel like their market existence was threatened. This one move is big enough to tip me over to PC only again since after a massively successful PS4 it seems like Sony is becoming arrogant again as well, but not yet as bad as MS has been becoming the last couple years.Xbox this gen:
Start of the gen:
Bethesda acquisition:
Activision acquisition:
Soon?
Almost everything has non-optional crossplay now, so it won't stop you from facing cheaters when playing on Xbox.
While true to an extent, that would not relieve MS from combating cheating on their platform. I'm speaking generally.
Considering any device that gets connected already has to go through a handshake process to work with the console, and has since the day the consoles launched, they aren't exactly doing anything new to go out of their way to detect unlicensed devices. That is unless there's some mention of some large initiative at Microsoft to figure out how to do it, but I suspect it was as simple as adding an error message to an existing key verification process to detect whether a valid license key exists.
Also it is important to note "just wait longer for matchmaking" is advice 100% focused on massively popular shooters. The situation with fighters and how their matching works is completely different.
Not the particular ones mentioned in the OP. People are trying to tie this issue to things like cronusMax but this issue is broader than that and doesn't even stop things like that if they allow other systems in the same online games anyway.
MS may have written somewhere that they have the right to revoke any compatibility whenever they please if it's not officially by them but these type of adaptors have worked for a decade or more and iterations of them have been sold for decades too. Them blocking it is a little unprecedented. It seems more like a move trying to boost hardware revenue, particularly in preparation to potentially launch Sebile early next year. For decades they have not gone after these type of adaptors but they're now actively blocking it and blocking anybody who might have been using other controllers on xbox. Deters any updated adaptor sales with Sebile feature support too. Features they're no doubt adding to xbox and the new adaptors that could support xboxs new featureset with other controllers like the dualsense will not happen anymore. They've killed it before it could. their new controller is likely to be the only way to get any similar new features it may provide.
Not really. We're worry as shit, actually. Inflation of games and the government is as shitty as everAlso in Brazil:
No no, you are right. MS is the pro-consumer party here. How could we not see that allowing perfectly working Xbox One era steering wheel or newer that require an adaptor (for example) is anti consumer.
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Ok, I didn't know there were a few games that required it. Learned somethint
I love how you sell it as a move to protect the integrity of online play… curiously only when MS says it is
Oh no, even more drama about how MS is doing it to prevent our consoles killing players and of course the sanctity of online play which only doing this helps to prevent… I am sure MS has no financial incentives here either right? Then again carrying water for the big U.S. corporation… please continue.
So people cheat more on consoles than PC where NOTHING is done in terms of BS peripheral blocking? Do you hear yourself?
In all your almighty wisdom, please tell me how a wireless controller will fry USB ports on my PS5? I'd love to hear it.
Always possible, I have no stats to suggest otherwise. It just doesn't "feel" like these products have a significant marketshare that MS would be clamoring for, but as you alluded to, this could be a move that is setting the stage for some upcoming moves.
If so, then why only wireless?
How the hell is an online ban going to prevent some dodge electronics from frying your console? The things people say to prevent freedom of choice.
I can pull down on my right stick and achieve the same thing as Cronus, am I cheating?
