Counter Strike : GO To feature cross-platform play - PC and PS3 (no xbox)

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I wonder how it will work.

Yes, you cna use a mouse and keyboard on PS3, but how many people actually do that?

If the playign field is equal, mouse and keyb aord will pwn gamepad in an FPS any day of the week. Anyone recall Microsoft canning it's plans for a PC - xbox 360 network because they ran some trials and saw the gamepad players get trashed?

Well, if they figure it out, more power to them. Looks like awesome news!

Oh nice another PS3 game that will allow KB/M support. I think UT3 is the only other one

OLD! :P

Counter-Strike should be played on a PC... anything else just seems wrong.

Well looks like im getting this game for PS3!!

I'm glad Valve is supporting this. More cross-platform games will mean larger communities and M/KB is a great option for those who want it. I'll be buying this on both Steam and PSN just to show my support.AcidSoldner

In other words PC gamers get an easy way to raise their KDR :P

[QUOTE="AcidSoldner"]I'm glad Valve is supporting this. More cross-platform games will mean larger communities and M/KB is a great option for those who want it. I'll be buying this on both Steam and PSN just to show my support.NoodleFighter

In other words PC gamers get an easy way to raise their KDR :P

The reason why this works is the PS3 lets you implement your own servers for network play, the 360 has a very regimented system that must be adhered to. So having the same servers for PC and PS3 is veyr possible, same servers for PC and 360 possible as well, but all three, that would be tough to pull off.mike_on_mic

And will probably sell 3:1 on xBox... xbl is crack for fps fans.TheEroica

Nononono man this isn't Call of Duty it don't got dem kill streaks to sell like that :P

Then again ur probably right and I feel comfy with CSS and the only reason I feel like getting GO is to own PS3 Players.

so basically pc users will refuse to play with ps3 users and ps3 users will be destroyed.

Just because you can hook a mouse and keyboard up to the ps3 doesn't mean much considering the fact it uses generic drivers so those high resolution settings and extra buttons that the mice may have? not supported, the same with keyboards only generic basic drivers are given so it ammounts to using the same old ball mouse to play.

Didn't we already know this months ago when the game was announced? and weren't we supposed to be seeing a beta 2 months ago on the PC?lawlessx

so basically pc users will refuse to play with ps3 users and ps3 users will be destroyed.

Just because you can hook a mouse and keyboard up to the ps3 doesn't mean much considering the fact it uses generic drivers so those high resolution settings and extra buttons that the mice may have? not supported, the same with keyboards only generic basic drivers are given so it ammounts to using the same old ball mouse to play.

WilliamRLBaker

PS3 supports nearly all USB mice and keyboards. My Logitech MX518 works like a charm on Unreal Tournament 3 and I don't notice a bit of difference from when I play UT3 on the PC.

I actually have a lot of practice playing CSS with a PS3 controller and motioninjoy on PC, and my k/d is pretty nice. I usually average 1.5 with it, and do about as well with keyboard and mouse. I guess I'm just naturally amazing at gaming, though I've never taken the time to troll an enemy team by telling them I used a PS3 controller.

I am kind of unsure whether I want it on PC or PS3 though. I mean, its not going to be a huge graphically intensive game or anything (its freaking Source engine, almost last gen), and I really want to try it on PS3 to mess around with how kb/m works and maybe see if my old CSS skills transfer over for some fun trolls (hey CSS PC guy, umad?), plus it will have trophies (I have a higher trophy count then a Steam achievement count) and it will likely go down like 90% during a Valve sale in 3 months or whatever (they practically give their games away half the time on Steam).

On the other hand, I feel like the series kind of belongs on PC. Even if super max settings isn't a big difference (to me at least), it is slight, and if its as well optimized and open in frame rate as CSS was then I could get hundreds of frames per second with my set up (maybe). Plus I use a kb/m the other half of the time I play, and even though I could do that on PS3, I'm kind of lazy and moving my kb/m from PC to PS3 seems like a hassle compared to a controller to PC. Plus if I ask I know every single CS player in the world will say to get it on PC since its PC exclusive and they wouldn't be fans if they didn't play hardcore on PC.

Dilemma, but most likely I'll check out the PS3 version and pick it up on Steam on the cheap, and that's in the case it doesn't come with a free Steam code like Portal 2 did (and that would be pretty sweet).

Lol oh man.

I can't wait to destroy some PS3 gamers at CS.

This is seriously one of my most anticipated games. I'm still playin CS:S to this day and nothin tops it!

Well Quake Live is pretty brutal but I suck at therefore it doesn't count. :P