keyboard and mouse on xbox 360

The use of keyboard and mouse has not been built into any current games. MS forbade any developers to add keyboard/mouse support for the first xbox, to differentiate it from a pc. However they have issued no such mandate for the 360. You can currently use a keyboard for text entry on the dashboard, and i would think you would need it for text entry in FFXI. Use of a keyboard/mouse in-game would have to be included by game developers. Not my thing, but it seems to be a good idea.

there is no way i would buy an xbox 360 when i have a pc that is far better. i just wanted to use it round my m8s house as he is really good at COD2 with the pad and really rubs it in every time we lose but i know i could kick his arse at the game if i had my keyboard and mouse.
i am using XP pro as my operating system.
I dont see the xbox 360 as being anything special. PCs will always be the best for gaming and all round entertainment for me.

The draw to consoles is that you never have to upgrade and you don't need to know anything about your console to know if you'll be able to play a game or not. Consoles are much more user friendly in every way. That's why tech's usually play pc games and kids and hillbillies play nintendo and nascar.

Couldnt resist chipping in on this, fighting games and driving games I use my console, for FPS its my PC. IMO FPS games on the consoles suck, aiming is a b@stard, tho I heard they tweak the games to autotarget the enemy when you get near enough (some games do anyhoo, dunno if all) to make life a little easier. Both systems have their place and as I just spuffed a load of cash on my pc im hoping its futureproofed for at least a few years......
Guitar Hero on the Wii tho, awesome!

Wow. Let's break that down, shall we? (No, I'm not the person you were responding to with your post.)

Nobody said you were a 'hillbilly' or a kid. They were making a joke with the whole "kiddies get nintendo, hillbillies get nascar" thing. Can't take a joke? And who's the "ignorant moron" here?

My, how funny; you'd think someone "2'nd" in charge of the IT department "for major financial institution" would have better grammar. But, wait; I'd love to hear your excuses. What are you going to choose? Were you in too much of a hurry, or were you just so angry at the person you were responding to (unjustfully so, mind you)? Come on. I'd like to hear it.

Also, just a note for the future -- nobody cares what you do for a living on the Internet. Seriously. Don't pretend like people are going to treat you like "Mr. Tech Guy" because you claim you work at some big-shot I.T. department. You're gonna get burned by people with far shorter tempers than mine in the future if you don't stop this.

I love it. You flaunt your job online, then call someone else arrogant! Haha! That's absolutely classic.

You're the ignorant moron here.

sorry but all of you arguing of this is dumb lol. Just searched google for a 360 mouse to end up laughing at all your fights about who is more of a nerd than the next. just accept that even microsoft who gives you windows for pc users also give you the 360 so when you argue about who is better realize that you are only making an ass out of yourself too by fighting the company that is giving either of you what you want. Console gamers who like fps have the right to enjoy them in any capacity they want along with all other genra's and the same rights go to pc gamers if not they would of never made the 360 pad capable of working on the pc. I have a 360, build my own computers, and install advanced home entertainment and integration systems, so i would say technological i am well rounded. I just hope i can enlighten the gaming community to be more open minded because i know that can help create alot better games and systems in the future, cause i know for a fact we wouldnt have a 360 if pc and console people didn't come together and say lets build something we both like.

Why do you have to do this? Never had to do this on any system i have built, maybe upgrade a video card ever 2-3 years, in that time the graphics on the console would be outdated anyways and these days most games work with older graphics cards just not on the highest settings.

Your reasons for not liking gaming on the PC makes me question that you ever did game on the pc.

Does anyone actually have the XFPS adapter or seen it work? I just wanted to try and get another opinion before I put down a 100 bucks. Will it get you banned on xbox live?

I was introduced to gaming on the PS1 i liked taking apart computers and playing warcraft but now that I am older and have experienced tournament console gaming i have to say i am substantially better on the 360 or "sticks" than board and mouse, although i can hold my own with PC FPS games. I would like to see, in the near future, a merge of console and PC gamers on the same network to test my "sticks" skills on a true PC gamer. And yeh, that was one long ass run-on sentence.

xim360 is always an option. Though it is a little expensive, but /shrug