Hdcase@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 11 months agoMicrosoft has control issueswww.gamesindustry.bizexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10file-text
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The effort to squash unlicensed controllers hurts plenty of paying customers, and might not even achieve its goals
minus-squareArugulaZ@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThat controller doesn’t actually work with an Xbox Series though, right? It’s for cloud gaming.
minus-squareth_in_gs@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoUgh, you’re right, Way to undermine my own point! There are no official third party wireless controllers. 8BitDo do make licensed controllers that work with Xbox though - for example: https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2-wired-controller-for-xbox/ and https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/ultimate-wired-controller-for-xbox [Edit: and there are a bunch of wired third party controllers on Microsoft’s store from other manufacturers: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories?xr=shellnav]
That controller doesn’t actually work with an Xbox Series though, right? It’s for cloud gaming.
Ugh, you’re right, Way to undermine my own point! There are no official third party wireless controllers.
8BitDo do make licensed controllers that work with Xbox though - for example: https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2-wired-controller-for-xbox/ and https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/ultimate-wired-controller-for-xbox
[Edit: and there are a bunch of wired third party controllers on Microsoft’s store from other manufacturers: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories?xr=shellnav]