Comments on: Xbox 360 Gets A Mouse and Keyboard

By: Seven

Seven — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:52:41 +0000

Actually for anyone out there who knows the XFPS sucks, thats why people have created the XIM, and XIM2 chips which basically emulate each game differently offering unnoticable latency and making games like halo 3 playable with a mouse and keyboard. Google it or look for videos on youtube, building one costs 15 bucks and just requires u to have a wired controller. Its much more worth it than the XFPS and all their subsequent models.

Good day

By: john

john — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:03:01 +0000

I’ve been a fps gamer for 12 years now, ever since the quake 1 days. I’ve never considered buying a console because of the controllers. But as my rig is getting older again I would much prefer spending a third/quarter on an xbox 360 than the full amount on cpu/mobo/gpu/ram/psu and the rest of the stuff that keeps getting newer.

I’ve tried Medal of Honor Heroes on my psp but these games are impossible to enjoy without a mouse.

Perhaps the demand is low, but I wouldn’t have thought it would be that hard to implement…if just for gimmick sake.

By: George

George — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:40:11 +0000

Being 60 and a PC Online gamer, I just can’t seem to wrap my hands that controler. But I would buy an Xbox 360 if I could use my mouse and keyboard.

By: Hundy

Hundy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:13:18 +0000

So has anyone bought one of these and is satisfied?

Trawling around the net seems only to reveal unhappy gamers feeling ripped off with the product, and the odd glowing review I suspect from the manufacturers masquerading as gamers. I’ve been looking at xfps on and off for 2 or 3 years now, and I can’t fathom how if the product does not work properly, then how do they stay in business? With each new iteration they still appear not to have sorted deadzone issues and created a realistic simulation of using a keyboard and mouse. I would have thought with all the negative reviews they would have sunk ages ago. If anyone is genuinely pleased with this then let me know.

By: Paradox

Paradox — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:54:19 +0000

ok, it’s really early for me and i made a bit of a mistake. Using a xbox for what ever you want form a microsoft standpoint is, its cheaper to use a pc (if you already have the hardware) for lets say vista than it is to purchase a xbox the game and any extras you may need or want

By: Paradox

Paradox — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:51:04 +0000

Well, first off alot of you have a very wrong idea on this. Your first arguement is that Xbox would be competing with a pc… fail. Xbox has games that arent available on PC like halo 3. The halo series is one of Xbox’s best selling games ever. Now to look as some other things, Price whats the price for Vista? 89.99 (newegg.com) Yea thats home basic but thats all you need to play any vista based game on the market… thats a dumb statement because I don’t know of any Vista only games… but anyway now lets look at the price of the console, ok after a quick search its the average is 200 bucks. So what does that tell us? That buying a xbox and using it to do what ever you want is still cheaper than a PC. Xbox is a windows driven plateform. The only problem I see with using any windows app is hardware support. If you hack a 360 like you could with the original xbox you would be able to run ANY windows app on a xbox now with that babble being said. The reason they haven’t add kb/mouse support to xbox is the demand. If you search google as I did to find this blog there really is only 1 gadget available to use a keyboard and mouse on the xbox. If every kiddie wanted one there would be 20’s of different makers of the same product because there would be a demand for it. you kids really need to think about what your saying. You all think that microsoft is a money hungry company. Well it is but so is the local coffee shop, but because microsoft sells to every country and Not one person on the face of this earth doesnt know microsoft, the fact that they get paid for it doesnt matter to you people all you care about is how they didnt offer what ever gizmo you want supported. Next time read b4 you jump and shout about microsoft being a asshole company.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:35:19 +0000

I am a Tiger Woods golf gamer on the PC. I just got xbox 360 because there is no TW 2009 for PC. I cannot stand the xbox version because of the controller. I will get the adapter that allows keyboard and mouse for xbox. Maybe unfair but I will enjoy the game again.

By: PhA3Dr^S

PhA3Dr^S — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:43:59 +0000

I was top on leader boards for Q4 and Q3 back in the day (TEAM DBR if you know Quake you know us) I’d love to see a mouse keyboard combo for the Xbox 360, because the speed and accuracy would be nuts. I would own half those 4 stars Generals out there, they’d be getting nuts to da face all game long. Making it rain all day on those snot nose little 14 year olds out there on Xbox’s lol.

By: Zombie

Zombie — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:16:25 +0000

Adam took the words out of my mouth….

…controller sux

By: MTalonFX

MTalonFX — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:27:17 +0000

Adam is absolutely correct. If they are smart, Microsucks will never enable KB/mouse capability on a console. They don’t want their consoles to directly compete with their computers. It’s one of the reasons that you will never be able to surf the ‘Net, for instance, on one. If your Xbox does everything you computer does, you won’t need your computer.

Some thing with the games. MOST of the really big games will almost always be on both, but there will always a few that you can only play on a console or on a PC. There will always be features on the console version that you won’t get on the PC version, and vice versa.

In the end, they have to find as many ways as they can to squeeze us for more $$. It’s all about the bottom line.