Why isn't mouse/keyboard compatability a standard feature in console shooters?

Because it defeats the purpose of consoles. The next step after having mouse and keyboard is hooking it up to a computer monitor and playing in front of it on a desktop. Once you reach that point, there is absolutely no sensible reason why you are playing a console instead of a PC.LordQuorthon

Why do I play a console game? To play a relaxing experiance (except when im getting owned in CoD WaW).

Lets consider the basics here. At the PC your sitting upright and focused on the screen only a few feet infront of your face usually plugged into headphones blocking out the rest of the world, or in my case having a close 5.1 surround sound system. On a console you are sitting much farther back, sitting in either a more upright position or a bit more relaxed, depending on how your personal style it.

The mouse and keyboard on a console makes no sense. On a PC it gives you that instant control (hense why PC game need to be at 60 FPS for players to not notice any stutter while moving the camera in the game) that the controller just doesn't have. It gives you more buttons to play around with, and more ability to read through menus easily. This is great when your 2 feet from the screen.

Now think of that on a decent gaming setup. Your usually 10-15 feet from the TV. First of all your attention isn't going to be nearly as tight as you have much more in your line of sight. Next the sound isn't directly in your head or really close to your ears. Third your not sitting at a desk where a keyboard and mouse can be placed, placing the keyboard on your lap and putting yoru mouse on a end table next to you chair doesnt work (try it once), and whos going to move a desk infront of their TV? So now you have a defeant problem.

Now lets look at the actual gameplay. On a console, the setting isn't as intense. Its more relaxed, even if the game is extremely intense. The gameplay is, and I use this word lightly, slower. This accomidates how your positioned. The screen isn't straight infront of your face, your not hunched over a keyboard with all of your attention focused on the screen. Even if you are completely focused on the game, its just not right in your face. So now its slower.

If you change the controls to a mouse and keyboard, it changes. The relaxing, and often cinimatic experiance gets ruined by it being to fast paced and intense. You are just clicking and clicking and moving as fast as possible. The game becomse different. For those who don't play PC games then swithch console games often, you probably don't know how it changes.

Then you have to take another factor in, framerate. You need to try to hit 60fps. At 30 FPS, you notice a lot of slowdown when moving the camera fast. With the console its a lot smoother.

It just isn't right

Wasdie