Generally speaking, players only need to pay 20 US dollars to Microsoft to get a developer account to simulate Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 1 on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. Platform game.
However, Microsoft is now banning developer accounts specifically used for simulation, and some users have reported that the accounts are disabled because these accounts are not active in the store.
As part of a regularly scheduled maintenance to clean up inactive accounts, a number of Partner Center accounts used to enable Developer Mode on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles were inadvertently deactivated.
— Jason Ronald (@jronald) January 5, 2022
Therefore, many people speculate that Microsoft will disable this simulation behavior. After all, the original intention of the developer account is not to simulate games, but to develop games. Today, Microsoft Xbox product manager Jason Ronald clarified: As part of the normal inactive account cleanup, the developer account was accidentally deleted.
Microsoft is identifying and re-enabling these accounts. After reactivation, users will be able to re-enable developer mode on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. If your account is accidentally disabled, please feel free to contact ReportApp@microsoft.com. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. We are working hard to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and thank you for your patience.