Bodhesatva said:
Your Shadowrun evidence is completely made up, that's why. The Console version of the game has auto aim built in, as well as a softened recoil, to compensate for the inferior control scheme. Shadowrun is, in fact, even more evidence that the PC is superior for control. This information can be viewed here: http://digg.com/xbox_360/LIVE_crossplatform_test_of_Shadowrun_today_Who_is_better:_Console_or_PC_ Also look here: http://www.snackbar-games.com/reviews/xbox_360/shadowrun-675.html Relevant text: Designers have tweaked the Xbox 360's throw distance and analog-stick detection software as well as providing a better Auto-aim assist to help console gamers better compete against their mouse/keyboarding wielding computer foes in cross-platform play. I was able to hold my own with the 360-controller against the vaunted mouse/keyboard control scheme, so it would appear that they've achieved success in supressing the controller's weaknesses and mitigating its inherent limitations.
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So how do you balance a shooter where console and PC players can play against each other? Controller vs. mouse plus keyboard, which is better? It’s a question that has been on gamers' minds ever since shooters started appearing on consoles. Obviously the mouse is superior, right? I mean the mouse is designed as a hyper-sensitive pointing device and has been refined over the years specifically for that purpose. We all know that the most important element in any shooter game is the ability to quickly get your crosshair over the enemy and pull the trigger. So given that, it’s obvious that the mouse will win every time in a fire fight, regardless of the game, right? Wrong. Don’t misunderstand me, that is exactly what every single member of the design team thought, including me, until we actually tried it. So, what actually happened when we played our first cross-platform game? The controller players trounced the mouse/keyboard players. It wasn’t even close; the mouse players got stomped on. Over and over. So what happened? Did the mouse players just suck? Or was the controller actually a superior aiming device? Short answer: the mouse is better at aiming, but the controller is better at gaming. Long answer: read on.
You're right, they the gamepad players had auto-assist on to help, but there is more to the story:
Again, we turned off all the targeting assistance stuff for the mouse, and tested. It was pretty even. The mouse players were a little better at long range combat, but the controller players were better close in.