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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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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (18 children)

So goodbye custom-built accessibility controllers? Little Timmy, who was born with no arms and loves video games but has to play with his feet on a custom controller, is going to be told "Git good stumpy"?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Microsoft does make a special controller for people with disabilities. Still sucks for people with custom setups. The cheating in fps games is out of control though

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The array of different disabilities is so vast - a controller which works for one player may not work for another.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The adaptive controller is designed to be custom-modded for different disabilities.

It's actually a really cool system they designed in partnership with AbleGamers. They even have a mod for quadriplegic gamers. And it's super affordable versus previous accessible interfaces.

Accessibility is one of the few places where Microsoft has been wholly good in recent years. Play any first-party Xbox game from the last few years, and you'll see that the first menu that opens up first time you play is accessibility settings.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Xbox Adaptive Controller is a device that lets you build your own custom controller that fits your specific needs. It's actually really neat

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

interesting but I don't see that working for some people, example 1 armed gamers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

great point, example there are two way to make a controller for 1 armed people, for the left hand and right hand.

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