Xbox Boss Responds To Overwatch Director's Mouse & Keyboard Comments

I am surprised no one by this time has made a K&M similar controller. We have controllers for PC games, why not keys and mouse controllers for consoles? Some games just lend themselves better to certain control types. Fighters are typically poor with K&M, RTS and shooters do better with K&M. Players should not be boxed in to their platforms.

Remove the ability to use a keyboard and mouse on console overwatch you are just screwing over the people who like to play competitvly at high levels.. I get so mad when i see someone using a k&m in console it just means they cant compete on their respective platform and have no credibility as a good player.. Ive been playing video games with a controller since ive been born so quit saying i should just "switch"... No, for one i dont have a desk where i can set up a keyboard and mouse, two i dont want to sit close to a TV monitor just so i can play better, three it would take me forever to adjust and completly throw away the years ive spent working on my aim with a controller. Let pc players use k&m and console players use controllers or else you are just going to lose console players who are fed up with it... Xbox would never switch to k&m as they would lose millions in profit on the controllers they make.. Blizzard takes a major L on this one.

I agree. They should give the tools to devs and let them decide how they want to implement it into their games.

I'd love to take on K & M players with a controller for console games.

"Although the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One do not officially support mouse-and-keyboard controls, people have found ways, including converters, to make that setup work."

Actually, Playstation does have an officially licensed Keyboard and Mouse and sell it on their webpage. You'll need to amend that.

The Tac Pro for Playstation 4 (Works on PS3)

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/accessories/tac-pro-for-playstation-4/

It would be great to welcome the console community to the mouse + keyboard combo . It might take sum time but once u get a hang of it you guys wont regret it. Have fun using essential pc tools and upping ur game :)

Games are best played on a gamepad.

Leave the mouse and keyboard for typing up TPS Reports.

Spencer said "mouse-and-keyboard controls on console can "clearly" provide an advantage in SOME CASES."

Exactly. The mouse and keyboard isn't always the dominant interface. Doing 180's turns, hand cramps and numbness with extended use and over complication of controls. The only time I'd want a m+K is playing an MMO or RTS so you I can type and use hot keys. Everything else is subjective

I don't even understand how you're supposed to effectively play a character like tracer with a controller.

Mouse and keyboard are supported on PS4. You can plug in any device through usb or bluetooth and it works for ps4. It is actually the games that block its use.

@eddienoteddy : "Although the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One do not officially support mouse-and-keyboard controls, people have found ways, including converters, to make that setup work."

That's actually not true.

Look at Final Fantasy XIV on PS4. You can plug in any USB Keyboard and it works. No converters, no tricks.

A huge part of allowing Keyboard Support on Console is so that you can communicate with your teammates better.

Overwatch (and Final Fantasy XIV) have Chat Windows, where you can type on PC and communicate / talk strategy, etc. On Console, if people aren't using their Mics, guess what? No Communication possible.

Allowing Keyboard Support only *helps* people communicate. Give the players OPTIONS. Especially in something like Overwatch where Team Coordination / Team Play is critical to winning (in Competitive).

in order for there to be no advantage to one group of players if they did introduce full m & k support, just make it so that if your primary control method is m & k that you can only join servers that are m & k and vice versa if you use an xbox pad you can't join servers that are m & k.

I'd love it. Sony, wake the **** up.

Ban k/m on console. Using 3rd party conversion should brick console imo.

Mainly, I always prefer to use Keyboard/Mouse when I play games for FPS & RTS only. The rest like racing, 3rd person shooters and such, I always prefer using my Elite Controller, especially when play 3rd person games, it only depends on how good is your reflexes and trust me, I played games like Gears of War 4 on my PC with a controller and I do well against KB/M warriors.

Phil is right, let the developers chose what's best for the gamers.

25 million registered users and yet I seem to have an almost impossible time finding a game most of the time?

STFU Blizzard

Doesn't matter what I'm using, I still suck at this game, haha.

@sellingthings: if you want mouse and keyboard play on PC, I don't really want a to play against a pro gamer on console wit m+k. Massive advantage to those guys.

I've seen videos of console players with controllers performing insane shots that looked no different from the same being done in PC videos. In Halo on PC I used a controller and I did pretty good. I say bring it on!