There is a change in the air on the side of Xbox at the moment, at all levels since the finalization of the acquisition of the group Activision Blizzard King. Last week, it was at the organizational level that the cards were redistributed, notably with the promotion of Sarah Bond to head of Xbox. From now on, it’s the hardware which is making a lot of noise regarding controllers and other accessories used to play on consoles Xbox. Indeed, as reported Windows Centralplayers have already been able to see the error message 0x82d60002 appear on their screen wanting to use an “unauthorized accessory” by the brand and it’s not going to get better any time soon.
If until now it was possible to use a pad of our choice to play, this will soon be impossible since those not included in the list on the official website will simply be blockedcausing the following error message to appear:
A connected accessory is not permitted. The use of unauthorized accessories compromises your gaming experience. For this reason, the use of the unauthorized accessory will be blocked on 11/12/2023.
For help returning it, check with the store it came from or contact the manufacturer. To view permitted accessories, go to www.xbox.com/accessories. (0x82d60002).
The firm implementation of this procedure is therefore set for November 12 and it is therefore imperative that the accessories be “Designed for Xbox” to work. On the one hand, this can be seen as a good thing to avoid the misuse of adapters (Cronus, XIMetc.) to cheat in FPS by getting aim assist while using a keyboard and mouse combo for example. But this will still pose a problem for certain communities such as fans of versus fighting using an arcade stick, those using a steering wheel for racing games and players with disabilities. And that’s without mentioning headset users not taken into account…
Brook Gamingwhich offers adapters, has already reacted to this news, as has Maximilian Dood, well known in the fighting game scene. French David Combarieufounder of the project handigamer HitClic was also worried about it, since despite the existence of Xbox Adaptive Controller and improvements made to Xbox Accessibility Guidelines, many players use alternative solutions that may better suit their situation. This is quite ironic given the repeated efforts to make sure everyone can have fun on Xbox and counterproductive to say the least…
You will therefore have to be careful during your future purchases and check that the manufacturers have a license to offer accessories Xbox, in which case they will not be compatible. This is a way to Microsoft to ensure that the license is paid for by the latter in addition to being able to lift certain restrictions for the production of compatible wireless equipment according to Windows Central. Apparently, the Redmond firm plans to extend its approval program for third-party wireless controllers, which would be part of this approach.
You can find many official accessories directly on the store Xbox ofAmazon.
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