The effort to squash unlicensed controllers hurts plenty of paying customers, and might not even achieve its goals

  • Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The more I read about this the more baffling the move seems. It’s not going to end cheating. It might inconvenience cheaters, if even that and it’s only going to create negative PR for Microsoft, especially since this is impacting people who use modified controllers for accessibility issues. It’s especially weird given how carefully Microsoft has tried to craft an image of being “pro-consumer” this console generation. Then again I imagine the executives who make these decisions rarely think these things through. At the very least it is a good reminder that there is no such thing as a pro-consumer for-profit corporation.