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Originally Posted by Don Giro
Good point, but there are LEGIONS of us who will always prefer the keyboard/mouse method of playing games.
Guess I won't be playing "Bioshock" any time soon (I'm holding out for "Hellgate: London" anyway).
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I used to be that way, too, but the yearly upgrade needed for hardware to keep up with the current crop of games made that mouse and keyboard start to see a bit pricey. Actually, I now really prefer the controller. It feels more visceral than essentially pointing and clicking with a mouse. Pulling a trigger to fire a gun works better for me. But even if that weren't the case, a one-time cost of $399 that will last me a few years or more to play great games more than convinced me (and my wife, who was souring on the whole..."but I need more memory! And a graphics card! And a hard drive!" Gah!) that consoles were the way to go. That and HD graphics on a 42" screen while lounging back with my wireless controller helped, too.
That said, I think Microsoft recognizes the point and click people's needs and I am willing to be their recent acceptance of a USB keyboard (for now only to type in letters for chat or entering codes) will change this some day. I feel badly if that happens because pointing and clicking is far easier than lining up a shot with a controller so it would unbalance games, most likely. Or will it? I didn't get Shadowrun but it was supposedly the first to really mix PC and Console gamers. Was there a great difference in play level?
Who knows. But I recommend that people find a way to play Bioshock because it really is the first FPS to really hit the high water mark left by the original Half Life and that is a rare thing indeed.