Petition Microsoft to add mouse and keyboard support to the XBox 360

[jonnyutah]

you want a keyboard and mouse? use a pc/mac it's that simple. we consolers like to kick back in our livingroom or lay in bed and crack a cold beer and get into some game, console style! which means with game pad in hand.

[alxbly]

Microsoft already have plans to release a mini keyboard:

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6168769....result;title;1

And there's a third party adapter for mouse/keyboard support in the making:

http://www.gearsofwarrealm.com/2006/...-the-xbox-360/

Personally I prefer a controller but I can understand the desire for this kind of support.

[briskbc]

Seems there is some resistance towards mouse support. This strikes me as odd. What's wrong with having options regarding gaming control? As long as it wasn't the only controller option on a game. Even if it was, just don't buy the game.

[jonjandran]

Seems there is some resistance towards mouse support. This strikes me as odd. What's wrong with having options regarding gaming control? As long as it wasn't the only controller option on a game. Even if it was, just don't buy the game.

What everyone is basically saying is that if MS adds mouse/keyboard support then they would have to get them to stay competitive in the game. Because you can play better with mouse/keyboard than a controller. And that's not what anyone wants. We want to sit back on the couch/bed/easy chair and enjoy our Xbox 360 games, not have to sit at a desk hunched over a mouse/keyboard.

We Xbox 360 fans are a lazy breed

[heybtbm]

Because you can play better with mouse/keyboard than a controller.

Speak for yourself. I'm far more accurate with the 360 controller than I am with a keyboard/mouse. There is no advantage of one over the other...it just comes down to practice.

[Griking]

Why do people think that if keyboard and mouse support is added to a game then all of a sudden they won't be able to use their gamepad any longer. Let the people who want to use a mouse/keyboard do so and let the others use their gamepads.

Oh and I hate to break it to everyone but console have pretty much become computers already. Hard drives, patches, online play, web browsers. They're computers already, just not open platform ones.

[Vectorman0]

Speak for yourself. I'm far more accurate with the 360 controller than I am with a keyboard/mouse. There is no advantage of one over the other...it just comes down to practice.

Mouse gives much more accuracy. The throw of a control stick is tiny compared to the space used for mouse movement. The best PC player would beat the best console player in an identical FPS.


Keyboard lacks analog movement, so you will be limited to one speed. (besides walk toggle, etc.)

[Bassgrabber]

Ummm... can't you use just about any console gamepad on a PC (I dunno about Mac, sorry) these days via USB?