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[note=BuffaloHELP]Your title must be descriptive! Editing.[/note]
That said, I don't know a great deal about either the Xbox or the Xbox 360, so don't take my word for it. Try reading Microsoft's specification of the system - it may indicate whether or not keyboard usage will be supported by default. It is, however, unlikely, as this allows people to use it for other purposes - such as Xbox Linux.
Anyway, all that aside, I think that the controllers would probably be better for playing games, as they are designed specifically for that purpose. I'm not hugely into gaming on any platform, but generally speaking, the controller is designed to allow for optimal control and instant reflex reactions which are harder to do on a keyboard due to the somewhat awkward layout.
http://www.petitiononline.com/x360kbm/petition.html
http://www.lik-sang.com/
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You can not at this time use a keyboard and mouse to play xbox 360 games. there is also the below link to a petition to get MS to inclued KB and Mouse use in games.
Link: view Post: 234456
Guess I won't be buying an XBOX then.
Pity they have no support for folks who can't physically use a game controller.
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vvvvvv Number 5 vvvvvv5. Limited keyboard/mouse support at launch
With the USB ports, it seems logical enough that the Xbox 360 would accept PC accessories such as a mouse and a keyboard. In fact, the 360 does offer undocumented support for a USB keyboard, but it's apparently limited to messaging and filling out forms on Xbox Live. There's no official word from Microsoft as to when or if keyboard or mouse support will be added for use in actual games (World of Warcraft 360, anyone?). That hurts a little.
This guys right, Microsoft is probably just waiting for another time to release all of these new 360 compatable things which will cost a "small fortune."
vvvvvv That's a bunch of bs, I didn't know how to make the indented quotes thing so I just put quotes around it. Yeah, I copied and pasted it but I didn't say it was my own, I put normal quotes around it as I would in a essay for school, it's not wrong.
[note=KuBi]Copied from http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6398801.html, warning issued.[/note]
-nick
-JNokikana
Imagine playing a pc game but your mouse jumps 20 pixels at a time, no smooth aiming, sniping is impossible. The only advantage that XCM's XFPS gives is that you can turn around really fast just like with a PC game, but with the "deadzones" of the mouse it is simply a worthless paperweight for me, I'm better off with the xbox controller, and I suck with the xbox controller.
Now as far as losing money because PC users would own the controller users, its possible to separate the populations. I myself am a PC gamer but as my responsibilities grew my disposable income shrunk. I don't want to spend a grand every year upgrading my PC. I'd buy a next-gen console every other year if I could use the keyboard and mouse to play xbox games with other keyboard and mouse xbox users, or even PC gamers.
Xbox could still take over the livingroom, but they could also dominate the PC gaming market as well, both with the 360.
Imagine buying orange box for the 360 that came with a CD to install the an orange box server on one of your PCs, then sticking the xbox game in your xbox, and with keyboard and mouse, play your orange box online, on a player hosted PC.
Dude, they'd blast open the PC market with a flood of new PC gamers.
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Some of you had great points and some of you simply threw out half baked ideas that would make a cocked chicken cry.
As for MS supporting keyboard and mouse , forget about it.
It will never happen. I read someone's post and I agree with the fact that ms wont make enough money selling their controllers. Secondly most of the computer games are designed for pc. Most pcs operate with windows as thier main platform. Most windows are supported by a ms mother board and most viruses aim for destroying your mother board.
What I am trying to say is that ms make more money just selling the console the way it is than to start supporting KB & Mice. They would gain alot of xbox gamers yet lose lots of pc customers that regularly spend over 1k a year updating parts and pieces of their computer.
In case you didn't know Nvidia and ATI and particularly owned by MS as well. So to draw a conclusion on this question its like the fact with gas prices. WE have new energy sources yet we wont realize them because most of republicans own the gas industries and they can not afford to lose money.
Big bs companies sets rules and us consumers are trapped and have no choice but to follow. They force the consumer into what they advertise baised on their own economical strategies and not what the consumer needs and wants .
-reply by Xbox Is in my blood
-reply by dave
Xbox 360 Question
I have used only mouse and keyboard since Doom, I recently purchased a 360 this past Christmas and I have since learned to play FPS pretty good. RTS games is another question, a keyboard and mouse makes this type of game more feasible, and enjoyable. I still prefer a mouse and keyboard for FPS as well. I have switched to only console gaming.
-reply by Trekster
You can now do it but its gonna cost ya
Http://gizmodo.Com/gadgets/peripherals/xcm-xfps-xbox-360-keyboardmouse-adapter-available-now-223087.Php
Xbox 360 Question
If microsoft doesnt want to include in-game keyboard and mouse support, and once again try to monopolize gaming platforms. Guess what ? there are several other companies listed on http://modchip.Com that actually came out with an accessory product for the 360s which lets you play fps-games with a keyboard and a mouse. There Microsoft loses to smaller companies. Why? because they were being ignorant, also these accessories on http://modchip.Com go for .00 on every sale of the profit these companies make is a loss for Microsoft, because they should have been doing this in the first place. Microsoft lost my respect first VISTA, then THIS. Watch in 2010 SEC will come out with a console that has in-game keyboard and mouse support. If not for Bungie Microsoft was done, HALO 3 was the main reason why many people bought the 360s. If anything they sould be considering this and start their work on a mod-for in-game keyboard and mouse support and include this in their next-gen xbox or else bow-down to sony in 2010.
-reply by Carbine
What MS should be to do, is use SEPARATE SERVERS... IN XBOX LIVE.
.- DIFERENT SERVERS FOR KEYPADS GAMERS
.- DIFERENS SERVERS FOR MOUSE /KEYBOARD GAMERS...
Very easy.. No advantage for nobody... Separate servers.
I LEFT XBOX-LIVE because I don't like play FPS with KEYPAD, I hate keypad for FPS.
WHY CAN'T I PLAY WITH A SMOOT MOUSE AT MY CONSOLE, LIKE MY PC ?
If MS gave support to MOUSE I'll reconnect to XBOX-LIVE again.
-reply by angeloxo
-reply by Reaper
Xbox 360 Question
A bit late I know, but hopefully it will be of interest to someone :P
Surely the reason why MS isn't letting us play games using k&m on the XBox 360 is because if they did, their profits from gamers would go way down. The ability to play games well is a large advantage Windows comps have over Macs. If you could play on your XBox 360 with a k&m it would severely damage their PC software revenues.
Basically if you have to use a controller to play on XB360 then having both the console and the PC for games makes some kinda sense as they have different capabilities. Now that consoles are so powerful, they gap has closed between them and PCs. If people have both a PC and an XB360 its more money for MS.
If your PC didn't have to play games (cos you could do everything on the XB360) you would probably upgrade it less and therefore, not need another copy of Windows. Or you might buy a mac cos the sucky games support was stopping you. Either way, MS loses out.
So in a word, it's another greedy corp protecting it's interests at the cost of it's consumers. In this case, the humble gamer.
-reply by Amikus
Put simply...They have more reasons than the money.
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