Why hasn't the consoles jumped on the keyboard/mouse bandwagon yet.

[Nomanslander]

Some games are just better suited with a K/M, and even though I'm not suggested that K/M should replace the controller (NOT at all).

But why is it there are so few games that utilizes the potential of a K/M considering it's all USB now.

Maybe it just has to do with laziness on the behalf of developers, the only shooter I can think of that allows you to play with a K/M is Unreal tournament 3 and that game....well sucked.

Maybe the market just doesn't see any potential considering it's something console gamers aren't use to.

You might even argue that if a K/M was added it would obsolete the controllers for almost all FPS games and make multiplayer unfair but I don't see that at all.

So the question is why, and will it ever happen in the future?

 

[delet]

Because then they'd be computers with bad corporation tie downs...

 

[Cherry Cola]

Let's see... I think RPG's and FPS's are best with a keyboard and mouse.

Other than that, I feel that controls are much better.

 

[Souplex]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

 

[DuplicateValue]

They're already more or less computers at heart - if you use a keyboard and mouse, you may as well just hook your PC up to your tv.

 

[-BloodRush-]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

but personally i think they are doing everything they can in avoiding utilizing a keyboard/mouse option.

 

[Nomanslander]

Erm, if you like K/M, you could just buy a PC? It makes a bit more sense.

And Unreal Tournament 3 was brilliant! For me anyway.

I own a PC.

Just saying it's an accessory that would be beneficial...

They're already more or less computers at heart - if you use a keyboard and mouse, you may as well just hook your PC up to your tv.

You can already use it, just not with most games...you can already hook up a K/M and surf the internet like it is a PC.

 

[Chipperz]

Because FPS's are, in my opinion, better with a controller. So are racing games, sports games, RPGs...

Hell, only RTS's and MMORPGs really improve with a keyboard and mouse, and stuff like the Natal is seeing to that. Long live not getting wrist strain!

 

[orangebandguy]

The only game I ever used a Playstation mouse for was Red Alert.

 

[aakibar]

Because FPS's are, in my opinion, better with a controller. So are racing games, sports games, RPGs...

Hell, only RTS's and MMORPGs really improve with a keyboard and mouse, and stuff like the Natal is seeing to that. Long live not getting wrist strain!

I agree with you it just seems better and to be honest less annoying using a controller rather then mouse and key bored. The fps and rpg (to a lesser extent) are what the console was made for, the key board is good and all but at times if feel the amount of button options to do one thing get annoying. RTS for the pc is the only thing that is really good.


also in my view the band wagon for the key board and mouse is a very small wagon

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

Why do people keep saying this? Every other one is pretty plain, but that genre is completely your opinion. Seriously, I like both, but one is not better than the other.

OT, because keyboards don't really add anything to games, and most people who want mice play on a computer so there's no market for it.

 

[Space Spoons]

I don't know if this is a huge factor, but unless you have a habit of playing video games while sitting at the dinner table, a keyboard and mouse are simply too difficult to maneuver compared to a simple controller. You could probably get away with balancing the keyboard on your knees, but then something has to be done about the mouse, and a lot of room would certainly be necessary. It's just too much trouble to go through.

That said, I do take advantage of the Wii's keyboard option when playing Animal Crossing: City Folk. It expedites things when I'm in the mood to send mean-spirited letters to my town's inhabitants.

 

[Nomanslander]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

Why do people keep saying this?

Well, just as there's people that prefer a controller over a mouse in FPS games, there's also a lot of people that prefer the opposite.

It's not a matter of what's better, it's a matter of preference, and you'll never win an argument with anyone that sides with K/M because they'll keep bring up how much more accurate it is.

K/M is a preference that should be seen more in console games.

 

[SantoUno]

Who says that consoles need K/M?

And when the fuck did K/m become a bandwagon?

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

Why do people keep saying this?

Well, just as there's people that prefer a controller over a mouse in FPS games, there's also a lot of people that prefer the opposite.

It's not a matter of what's better, it's a matter of preference, and you'll never win an argument with anyone that sides with K/M because they'll keep bring up how much more accurate it is.

K/M is a preference that should be seen more in console games.

Don't get me wrong, I understand perfectly well that people prefer mice over controllers (and vice versa), but they always put it as fact, like there. It's just that all of the other genres almost exclusively work better on one or the other.

 

[Korten12]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

Why do people keep saying this?

Well, just as there's people that prefer a controller over a mouse in FPS games, there's also a lot of people that prefer the opposite.

It's not a matter of what's better, it's a matter of preference, and you'll never win an argument with anyone that sides with K/M because they'll keep bring up how much more accurate it is.

K/M is a preference that should be seen more in console games.

Don't get me wrong, I understand perfectly well that people prefer mice over controllers (and vice versa), but they always put it as fact, like there. It's just that all of the other genres almost exclusively work better on one or the other.

QFT. I know every people who say K/M are better dont state it as an opinion but as if its a fact.

 

[Nomanslander]

Because, the only games that really benefit from a Mouse and Keyboard are MMOs and RTSes, and console audiences don't really care aboot those.

dont forget FPS.

Why do people keep saying this?

Well, just as there's people that prefer a controller over a mouse in FPS games, there's also a lot of people that prefer the opposite.

It's not a matter of what's better, it's a matter of preference, and you'll never win an argument with anyone that sides with K/M because they'll keep bring up how much more accurate it is.

K/M is a preference that should be seen more in console games.

Don't get me wrong, I understand perfectly well that people prefer mice over controllers (and vice versa), but they always put it as fact, like there. It's just that all of the other genres almost exclusively work better on one or the other.

QFT. I know every people who say K/M are better dont state it as an opinion but as if its a fact.

Well what ever the case is....what's funny is I'm seeing so much hostility in responses to seeing this happen.

Why would anyone argue against an accessory?

I wonder...0o

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Don't get me wrong, I understand perfectly well that people prefer mice over controllers (and vice versa), but they always put it as fact, like there. It's just that all of the other genres almost exclusively work better on one or the other.

QFT. I know every people who say K/M are better dont state it as an opinion but as if its a fact.

Thank you, although to be fair most console gamers aren't much better, it's just the escapist is mainly pc players (I said mainly).