Using a Keyboard & Mouse With a PS3 Slim

[Scorbing]

I heard this was possible. FPS games should not be played with the PS3 controllers. It sucks. Very difficult to play with those. I have KillZone 2 and it's very hard to play with the controllers so I want to use a Keyboard and mouse. The guy at the local video game store told me he has a keyboard and mouse connected to his PS3. Now my question is:

Can I just go out and buy a keyboard & mouse, connect it to the PS3 and it will work? OR do I have to buy a special adapter?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

  On 03/01/2011 at 19:01, Scorbing said:

I heard this was possible. FPS games should not be played with the PS3 controllers. It sucks. Very difficult to play with those. I have KillZone 2 and it's very hard to play with the controllers so I want to use a Keyboard and mouse. The guy at the local video game store told me he has a keyboard and mouse connected to his PS3. Now my question is:

Can I just go out and buy a keyboard & mouse, connect it to the PS3 and it will work? OR do I have to buy a special adapter?

Only PS3 game that works with a KB/M IIRC is UT3.

PS3 supports KB/M on the XMB, but basically no games use the functionality.

Developers apparently cba giving games the support.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

Sadly i think also that UT is the only game that supports, it however, the PS2 had a few games that supported it as well.

[CentralDogma]

  On 03/01/2011 at 19:01, Scorbing said:

I heard this was possible. FPS games should not be played with the PS3 controllers. It sucks. Very difficult to play with those. I have KillZone 2 and it's very hard to play with the controllers so I want to use a Keyboard and mouse. The guy at the local video game store told me he has a keyboard and mouse connected to his PS3. Now my question is:

Can I just go out and buy a keyboard & mouse, connect it to the PS3 and it will work? OR do I have to buy a special adapter?

If you just connect the mouse and keyboard it will work with XMB, but not in most games. I believe there is an adaptor to use them in games, though.

[Hedon]

  On 03/01/2011 at 19:05, Audioboxer said:

Only PS3 game that works with a KB/M IIRC is UT3.

PS3 supports KB/M on the XMB, but basically no games use the functionality.

Developers apparently cba giving games the support.

The PS3, at least from the standpoint of Sony support, is indeed Keyboard/Mouse ready for any PS3 retail game to be made taking advantage of it (the 360 is not unfortunately). Why haven't more devs taken advantage of this? If it's to keep the playing grounds fair, they could make Keyboard/Mouse only playlists or something.

[Scorbing]

Any of these useful?

http://www.splitfish.com/index.php/en/products/fragfx-shark

http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Mouse-Keyboard-Converter-Playstation-3/dp/B0040UAYI4

Video Demo of Eagle Converter:

http://www.ps3chat.com/news/19-xfps-keyboard-mouse-ps3-converter/

[blade1269]

Hey,

Has anybody used this? Looks sweet.