Xbox’s new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error ‘0x82d60002’::Got error 0x82d60002 on your Xbox accessory? There’s no fix, Xbox is going to block the use of detected unauthorized accessories with its consoles from November 12, 2023.

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I mean, yeah, it’s true historically that first party has been generally better in quality. Going all the way back. But that does not mean it’s cool to block third party accessories.

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19 points

Drift on official controllers disagrees.

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They aren’t blocking 3rd party accessories. They’e blocking UNLICENSED 3rd party accessories. Different beast.

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Basically just means anything that is even mildly competitive in terms of price. Any licensed third party gear is the exact same price as the official accessories.

I’m not sure why you are defending moves clearly meant to fuck the consumer.

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Because selling consumers cheap trash that they have to replace multiple times is worse for them than charging a higher price for a licensed product.

We’ve been over this across multiple generations. 3rd party controllers, 3rd party memory cards, they all sucked. Cheap? Yes. Very cheap, but if they’re half the price and you have to replace them 3 times, they stop being cheap.

Not that some official products are any better, the Elite controllers continue to be garbage and have spawned class action lawsuits.

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