Mouse and Keyboard on your Console? Sounds unfair... but good!
Ask any PC gamer why they prefer the PC over the plug and play ease of a console and after a small rant involving terms such as 'WoW' and 'Hard Core' they will eventually admit that its down to one major difference... control. PC gamers hate joy pads for the most part and somewhat understandably so as they lack a certain... accuracy. There is nothing quite as accurate as the mouse and keyboard control system for games, especially when it comes to RTS and FPS multi player. Well up till now it has been a pain to replicate this on a console but we are another step closer to a affordable and practical device in the form of the 'XIM3'. This nifty device is said to be far cheaper than its predecessors ($200ish for older versions) when released and far more stable but currently only supports the Xbox 360, which I'm sure will change if there is the consumer demand for other machines (PS3). You can read all the tecky stuff over at the XIM3 site and you can check out a demo of how it works in the vid below, there are many more to see on the XIM3 site here. It looks nice and has a LED touchscreen display for easy use as seen in the picture below.
Personally I think this is great, Id deffo get it. This does bring up one or two issues though, firstly - does this not kill the whole plug and play side of console gaming? Why not just use a PC to begin with... and secondly - Is it all a bit unsporting to all the people using joy pads? Although mentioning Moder Warfare or Halo and the term 'unsporting' can be painted all over them already!
Ask any PC gamer why they prefer the PC over the plug and play ease of a console and after a small rant involving terms such as 'WoW' and 'Hard Core' they will eventually admit that its down to one major difference... control. PC gamers hate joy pads for the most part and somewhat understandably so as they lack a certain... accuracy. There is nothing quite as accurate as the mouse and keyboard control system for games, especially when it comes to RTS and FPS multi player. Well up till now it has been a pain to replicate this on a console but we are another step closer to a affordable and practical device in the form of the 'XIM3'. This nifty device is said to be far cheaper than its predecessors ($200ish for older versions) when released and far more stable but currently only supports the Xbox 360, which I'm sure will change if there is the consumer demand for other machines (PS3). You can read all the tecky stuff over at the XIM3 site and you can check out a demo of how it works in the vid below, there are many more to see on the XIM3 site here. It looks nice and has a LED touchscreen display for easy use as seen in the picture below.
Personally I think this is great, Id deffo get it. This does bring up one or two issues though, firstly - does this not kill the whole plug and play side of console gaming? Why not just use a PC to begin with... and secondly - Is it all a bit unsporting to all the people using joy pads? Although mentioning Moder Warfare or Halo and the term 'unsporting' can be painted all over them already!
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