Sony Announces Mouse and Keyboard Controller for PS3

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

this will give people an unfair advantage if it supports all games on PS3

BrunoBRS

hardly, waggle isnt as good as a mouse

ill grab this if it works for COD and dominate every game im in

Warcraft 3 ,Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 for the PS3 confirmed......no more need for PC.

AtariKidX

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

this will give people an unfair advantage if it supports all games on PS3

HaloinventedFPS

hardly, waggle isnt as good as a mouse

ill grab this if it works for COD and dominate every game im in

[QUOTE="AtariKidX"]

Warcraft 3 ,Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 for the PS3 confirmed......no more need for PC.

Inconsistancy

Diablo 3 is a console game, not a PC game

but SC2/Wow are impossible on consoles

Diablo 3 is a console game, not a PC gameHaloinventedFPS

[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]Diablo 3 is a console game, not a PC gameBrunoBRS

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]Diablo 3 is a console game, not a PC gameheretrix

Yeah,I saw this on Andrisang,looks pretty terrible.Arach666

I'm pretty sure this 3rd party, not 1st party.

too few keys for an RTS...

but looks like it'd work for a fps i suppose :)

i need to get me a PS3

Remove more than half the keyboard and charge two times more for it. I like Sony's way of economic thinking.

Remove more than half the keyboard and charge two times more for it. I like Sony's way of economic thinking.

Vesica_Prime

Edit: hell, here's a blog post on it from July. 30 seconds of Googling. http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/hori-reveal-new-control-method-for-mw3/

Not linked, because this is Gamespot and linking is perpetually broken.

I don't get what looks so bad about it - Ravensmash

The price tag.

[QUOTE="Vesica_Prime"]

Remove more than half the keyboard and charge two times more for it. I like Sony's way of economic thinking.

lowe0

Edit: hell, here's a blog post on it from July. 30 seconds of Googling. http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/hori-reveal-new-control-method-for-mw3/

Not linked, because this is Gamespot and linking is perpetually broken.

Hehehe, someone seems upset. Sony is licensing it, therefore they have a part in the money that is made from it. Yes, Hori is the people manufactoring it but that doesn't change the fact Sony is licensing it and making money off it.

Learn what 'licensing' is before responding next time mate.

Unfair advantage against other users, don't you think? Why would they even do that? If you want PC controls then go play on your PC.

LustForSoul

KB/M on PS3 would even it out.... also Auto track would beat KB/M but then that would be an ..... Unfair advantage... also there is Move but each would really depend on peoples ability to use each.

Glad this isn't actually made by Sony. :lol:

Why can't I just use my own KB + M... if they actually force you to buy one of these... ughh

$100?

Maybe the keyboard has some nice Cherry MX switches or something. Still a bit expensive even for that.

yay for the mouse but who wants to game on a keybaord? thats not even half of one lol. should have used an anlog stick with it.

yay for the mouse but who wants to game on a keybaord? thats not even half of one lol. should have used an anlog stick with it.

dontshackzmii

Keyboard movement is just as good. There's no need for analog in FPSes.

yay for the mouse but who wants to game on a keybaord?dontshackzmii

Me.

Keyboard keys are more responsive in that there's only "GO" and "STOP." No fiddling around with anything in between. Makes for much snappier evasive movement in shooters especially, in my opinion. Analog sticks are bad both for aiming AND movement in that genre.

I don't like it. Looks cheap and horrible. 130$? No. Just no.

[QUOTE="lowe0"]

[QUOTE="Vesica_Prime"]

Remove more than half the keyboard and charge two times more for it. I like Sony's way of economic thinking.

Vesica_Prime

Edit: hell, here's a blog post on it from July. 30 seconds of Googling. http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/hori-reveal-new-control-method-for-mw3/

Not linked, because this is Gamespot and linking is perpetually broken.

Hehehe, someone seems upset. Sony is licensing it, therefore they have a part in the money that is made from it. Yes, Hori is the people manufactoring it but that doesn't change the fact Sony is licensing it and making money off it.

Learn what 'licensing' is before responding next time mate.

I hope this is a joke. I mean a keyboard that looks as if most of it was gone and it costs over $120.00 when there are way cheaper pc keyboards instead.

I have no interest in this. I don't like the keyboard and mouse except for when playing RTS and MMO games.

I have the most beautiful boat in the world! There's a hole in it, but it comes with gps, satellite television, a bread maker, and back massager. It really does everything!

Not making fun of this option, but I think there are better and cheaper options available. I honestly doubt this will work with the majority of games for PS3, save for FPS games.

That's pretty weak. If you're going to call Sony's policies into question, you may want to bring more compelling evidence of involvement than "you want to put something out on our platform? Sure, we'll take your money."lowe0

Please learn what licensing is and who is licensing and what is being licensed as well as common knowledge about the corporate world and sale and license of goods before you reply so I can take your response seriously next time.

Thanks!

Then again you have a history of slagging off at PC gaming and the M/KB, so I think you're just defending this peripheral just because Sony is making it. So I quote "fanboys will angrily defend aggressive wasps if they're exclusively nested inside Xbox casings."

[QUOTE="lowe0"] That's pretty weak. If you're going to call Sony's policies into question, you may want to bring more compelling evidence of involvement than "you want to put something out on our platform? Sure, we'll take your money."Vesica_Prime

Please learn what licensing is and who is licensing and what is being licensed as well as common knowledge about the corporate world and sale and license of goods before you reply so I can take your response seriously next time.

Thanks!

Then again you have a history of slagging off at PC gaming and the M/KB, so I think you're just defending this peripheral just because Sony is making it. So I quote "fanboys will angrily defend aggressive wasps if they're exclusively nested inside Xbox casings."

Unfair advantage against other users, don't you think? Why would they even do that? If you want PC controls then go play on your PC.

LustForSoul

Well, maybe other players should stop using inferior controls...

It's just a licensed peripheral. That may mean that it works like those Frag FXs, where the mouse emulates analog stick movement. Why a keypad? The absolute worst thing about playing a PC game is the keyboard, they should have made a comfortable dongle.

The absolute worst thing about playing a PC game is the keyboardPug-Nasty

How do you figure that? For shooters, at least: trying to use an analog stick to replace keyboard movement is idiotic.

You can already use an analog stick + mouse with PC shooters, by the way. It's interesting to try/experience, but nobody actually uses it because it's inferior (as explained previously.) The keyboard is superior for quick, precise movements in shooters. It's physically impossible to shift movement direction with an analog stick as quickly as you can with a keyboard.

[QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]yay for the mouse but who wants to game on a keybaord?Velocitas8

Me.

Keyboard keys are more responsive in that there's only "GO" and "STOP." No fiddling around with anything in between. Makes for much snappier evasive movement in shooters especially, in my opinion. Analog sticks are bad both for aiming AND movement in that genre.

I'd actually argue that's one of their downsides.Ravensmash

Aside from variable move speed (which isn't very useful), any perceived "downsides" (relative to analog sticks) can be proven wrong with enough practice. No matter how good you get with analog sticks, however, its limitations will remain.

[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"]The absolute worst thing about playing a PC game is the keyboardVelocitas8

How do you figure that? For shooters, at least: trying to use an analog stick to replace keyboard movement is idiotic.

You can already use an analog stick + mouse with PC shooters, by the way. It's interesting to try/experience, but nobody actually uses it because it's inferior (as explained previously.) The keyboard is superior for quick, precise movements in shooters. It's physically impossible to shift movement direction with an analog stick as quickly as you can with a keyboard.

I prefer analog for movement. It's much more fluid. Additionally, there are a lot more controls mapped to the keyboard othre than movement, and this is where the keyboard feels like a clunky mess for controlling a game.

The difference between a keyboard and controller is much larger than the difference between a controller and mouse, so for me a controller will always win out.

M/kb are fine for very slow paced games, but when the action picks up they really show their colors as controller interfaces that were adopted out of necessity rather than the effectiveness of their design as game controllers.

M/kb are fine for very slow paced games, but when the action picks up they really show their colors as controller interfaces that were adopted out of necessity rather than the effectiveness of their design as game controllers.

Pug-Nasty

Explain why Quake, one of the fastest paced games around, is damn near impossible to play with a controller. Controllers are fine for very slow paced games. If they were suited for fast paced, then we'd see a hell of a lot more RTSes on consoles.