Xbox 360 mouse and keyboard Spport


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I've always wondered why Microsoft doesn't / wouldn't add simple support for a moues and a keyboard in the xbox 360 firmware. Seems like a no brainier to me. You could then capture 2 markets. The Casual gamer and some of the pc gamers who like a mouse and keyboard but don't need the hottest pc for the best graphics. I have an xbox 360 but I just don't see how an FPS is any fun at all without a mouse and keyboard. I know you can buy a 60+ XFPS adapter but the **** don't they include native support.

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Actually, if you plug in a USB keyboard you can type on on-screen dialogs. The API's needed to utilize them are there, Microsoft just doesn't allow developers to make use of them aside from input screens.

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It was funny when a friend of mine challenged me on UT3 on the PC, he was using a 360 controller and I was using a KB and M.

I'm not even that great at FPS games, but boy did I crap on his parade.

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It would give some gamers an "unfair advantage."

Why... the ones who love the gamepads say its WAY better than a mouse and keyboard. So to them, **** em!.

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Why... the ones who love the gamepads say its WAY better than a mouse and keyboard. So to them, **** em!.

exactly! ... because i am one of the people who is MUCH better with a mouse+keyboard vs a analog stick at tracking things on screen. (it just feel much more natural and easier to me. where as a anaog stick i pretty much suck so bad to the point i can't enjoy a high percentage of shooter type games AT ALL on a console) but for those who say a controller is better then WHY could they say we have a 'unfair advantage'? lol

but i do agree with the OP... a QUALITY mouse+keyboard support is long overdue on a console as it would give us PC gamers that don't have money to burn a nice way to experience PC like gaming experience without paying a arm and a leg for PC hardware ;)

p.s. a perfect example for me is ... Mafia II (due out early 2010) as that game i want ALOT but my PC surely won't be able to run it mostly because of my lack of CPU power. so for me a mouse+keyboard support on a XBox360 would be a great alternative.

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Why... the ones who love the gamepads say its WAY better than a mouse and keyboard. So to them, **** em!.

There be truth to those words!

Anyone remember when people proclaimed Halo was great on Xbox (Original) and the controls were better than a KB and mouse? I want some payback.

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It's quicker to aim with mouse + keyboard. Also, easier :p.

my point in very few words right there.

quicker/easier = just plain better and more efficient ;)

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It would give some gamers an "unfair advantage."

I was thinking about that. But then I realized that if everyone was able to use a mouse and keyboard, where would the unfair advantage be?"

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Warwagon Sony allowed games on the PS3 to support Keyboard/Mouse and currently Unreal Tournament 3 is the only one that supports it. Not even Red Alert 3 was given KB/M support.

Console devs just don't seem to care about supporting kb/m, I mean Red Alert 3 was just calling for it, and no. The lowest common denominator is always going to have to be catered for, which is the gamepad.

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I just don't see how an FPS is any fun at all without a mouse and keyboard

Wah wah, sounds like somebody needs to practice with a controller! ;)

But yeah, I think they should at least allow mouse+kb as an option that devs can implement, kind of like UT3 on the PS3. Although I'd wager that your average console gamer wouldn't use such a feature, and that's why it's not a high priority.

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I recently forced my Pro-Console friend to play Half-Life 2. I gifted him a spare copy.

He moaned at first, and he was absolutely USELESS at it, but I told him to stick at it. I went home, logged on steam.

And lo and behold, he was still playing it. And he messaged me saying using a kb/mouse is better than he thought!

Hopefully he will put down his 360 for a while and play some PC games with me. xD

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I think MS is just making sure their console remains a living room entertainment device and not a micro PC. As much as I liked the M/K support on UT3 PS3 I don't think it does any good for Sony.

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I think MS is just making sure their console remains a living room entertainment device and not a micro PC. As much as I liked the M/K support on UT3 PS3 I don't think it does any good for Sony.

True but whats wrong with giving people a choice.

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