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"Linda B" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone else find the Xbox controller as frustratingly innacurate as I
> do? I've been an avid PC gamer for 20 years, and (as you might imagine)
> am
> therefore a big advocate of keyboard and mouse controls in shooters. I
> bought myself an Xbox a couple of months ago, and until recently I've been
> playing sports games a lot, and have been having a great time -- I find
> the
> controller much better suited for controlling baseketball, football, or
> golf
> than I do an FPS. But I started playing Mercenaries, and have been having
> an *exceedingly* difficult time moving and aiming at the same time. Makes
> me feel a little slow, actually, not being able to hit a target ten feet
> away.
>
> Does anyone out there have experience on both sides of the PC/console
> divide? Will movement and targeting eventually become as fluid as it is
> on
> the PC, or do I just have to adjust?
>
> Also, does anyone know if Microsoft (or whoever) makes a keyboard/mouse
> controller for the Xbox? Just curious.
>
Yes you just have to practice more.
No we do not make a keyboard or mouse for the Xbox and the games themselves
do not support keyboard or mouse input a third party device may emulate the
game controller if they wish, but do you sit at a table to play your Xbox or
on the floor etc ? this make keyboard and mouse an pretty much non option
for usability in those settings.
A single common hardware platform is one of the advantages of the console
market. Games developers do not have to make any assumptions or state any
requirements as regards hardware or input devices, they can concentrate on
game play.
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Mike
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"Linda B" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ujZzJRxAFHA.2932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Does anyone else find the Xbox controller as frustratingly innacurate as I
> do? I've been an avid PC gamer for 20 years, and (as you might imagine)
> am
> therefore a big advocate of keyboard and mouse controls in shooters. I
> bought myself an Xbox a couple of months ago, and until recently I've been
> playing sports games a lot, and have been having a great time -- I find
> the
> controller much better suited for controlling baseketball, football, or
> golf
> than I do an FPS. But I started playing Mercenaries, and have been having
> an *exceedingly* difficult time moving and aiming at the same time. Makes
> me feel a little slow, actually, not being able to hit a target ten feet
> away.
>
> Does anyone out there have experience on both sides of the PC/console
> divide? Will movement and targeting eventually become as fluid as it is
> on
> the PC, or do I just have to adjust?
>
> Also, does anyone know if Microsoft (or whoever) makes a keyboard/mouse
> controller for the Xbox? Just curious.
>
>
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LB
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