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Duncan Robertson

Xbox is cracking down on third-party gamepads - here's how controllers actually get their official licensing

Official licensing badges for Xbox and PlayStation.

If you've recently bagged yourself a new third-party Xbox controller, you might receive a worrisome warning when you plug it into your console.

"The connected accessory is not authorized”, the Xbox will tell you. It now seems as though any unofficial Xbox controllers will cease to work with the Series X and S going forward. Once you're initially greeted by that error warning, the console will now block your accessory after two weeks of use.

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