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Does this mean the end of custom accessibility controllers?
by flipdot 3y ago
Does this mean the end of custom accessibility controllers?
- gretch 3y agoSounds like it will be the end of 3P accessibility controllers yes. Xbox has invested extensively in their 1P solution though: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-controller https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adap... It's modular and programmable
- hirvi74 3y agoAnd more importantly, all the money goes to Microsoft.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoI would bet that the Xbox Accessibility controller will never be profitable for Microsoft
- tumult 3y agoIt doesn't have to be profitable for them. It can just exist, be the only option, and prevent others from making a competitive or superior product, forcing others out of the business.
- ryukafalz 3y agoIt would be a shame if someone with a physical disability needed to find a different accessible controller for each platform they play on because each one only supports first-party controllers though. I don't have a disability serious enough to need adaptive controllers like this, but I do have RSI, and when I find peripherals that I can use with minimal pain I stick to them. I have to imagine many with more serious disabilities would feel similarly.
- MenhirMike 3y agoIt does say "unauthorized", so I assume it should still be possible to get an official license to make a third party controller, though we'll have to see if that's actually going to be the case.
- poloniculmov 3y agoThere are "authorized" 3rd party controllers and they claim they'll expand support for wireless devices.
- pests 3y agoThis might be a sad day. Ben Heck has been making accessibility controllers for as long as I've been on the internet and I know the last few videos he's done on those have been based off a third party controller.
- hospitalJail 3y agoIts time to leave M$ completely. Switch to Steam gaming.