It's a reaction to the cheating situation, especially in shooters, this in theory should block popular cheating devices such as XIM and Cronus which are rampant in Call of Duty. Ubisoft/Activision/Bungie, etc, have been trying to deal with it for years. The issue is they've given every other manufacturer only like 3 weeks notice and this will essentially kill the Fighting Game Community as they heavily use 3rd party devices, many of which aren't "officially licensed" by Xbox.
The shooting community is happy about something being done about Cronus.
Xbox will stop unauthorized accessories from connecting to Xbox consoles starting in November and will display an error message to users using such accessories.
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) October 30, 2023
This could effect those who try to use cronus on Xbox. (via https://t.co/jYTpZ5O8LJ) pic.twitter.com/qnZMcAEFqk
The fighting community are understandably unhappy.
Heyo @XboxP3 @Xbox @mattbooty This is essentially a death sentence for local fighting game events that run on Xbox, much less, others that can only afford one arcade stick. The @brookgamingfans converters are not cheat devices. They’re a huge boon to the FGC. Please reconsider! https://t.co/85rqlfXm4i
— Maximilian Dood (@maximilian_) October 30, 2023
Jez says they plan on opening up more "officially licensed" controllers but it's far too short notice, a lot of controllers will be defunct after the update and many of them not used for cheating. Surely it makes more sense to start allowing wireless third party approval and then announce a new huge wave of licensed for Xbox controllers and then do the ban. It's too extreme, too soon. I don't believe there are enough "officially licensed" controllers to make dealing with cheat controllers more beneficial than not.
We're hearing that Xbox has started allowing third-party Xbox controller makers to get approved for wirelessness (most third-party gamepads are wired rn). These new policies may be due in part to that.
— Jez (@JezCorden) October 29, 2023
Update/read for more info: https://t.co/DNsP0unLiP#Xbox via @Jenbox360
Before the ban is enforced they should be ensuring that the most popular fighting sticks and gamepad controllers from 3rd parties are officially licensed and they need to look at it on a per country basis, France for example might have a different popular controller than America. Brook should already be approved and it's crazy that it isn't. Also if it doesn't already, becoming officially licensed should come at zero cost to the manufacturer. Delay the ban to next year, give 3rd party manufacturers more time to sort things out.
Dealing with cheaters shouldn't come at the cost of the fighting game community.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 30 October 2023
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