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Akvod on 06 March 2013
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Zkuq said:
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BaldrSkies said:
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...or let people plug in a USB mouse and keyboard. Suddenly the console is open to PC game ports.

No it's not unless mouse and keyboard come with the console. Well, at least in practice that's the way it goes.


Not true, Wii U doesn't come default with a Pro controller or Wii Remote yet some games require it. PS3/Xbox360 don't come default with Move/Kinect yet some games require it.

I have no idea about those Wii U controllers as I'm not at all interested in the console, but that Move/Kinect comparison doesn't work. Why? Because of some serious advertising. There's just no way mouse and keyboard could become at all popular on consoles without some heavy marketing, and I don't see it happening any time soon. In practice, it would be a financial suicide to require mouse and keyboard because no one uses them.


They don't have to require a mouse and keyboard. They can just make it an option like Dust 514.

 

Also, nobody uses a mouse and keyboard???

Umm... I believe the point was requiring mouse and keyboard. If it's just an option, there has to be a control scheme for controllers and for some games, it requires some dumbing down. Total War might just work with a controller but really, I can't see it being much fun if they try to keep the experience close to original. And let's face it: Changing too much would alienate the PC crowd and still probably not bring enough new customers, and in its current form, Total War has no place on consoles.

Also, no one uses mouse and keyboard on consoles. Well, I'd like you to read that as 'practically no one' because that's what I mean. On PC, mouse and keyboard are naturally the choice in most cases, though controllers seem to have grown their popularity.

They don't need to dumb it down IMO. There are plenty of people who played the first Rome a long time ago, and were unable to continue playing Total War games due to the hardware requirements sky rocketing.

 

With barely no RTS competitors, and actually wisening up and letting the people who are interested in the game play with mouse and keyboard Total War could be a big fish in a small pond.

Also, the setting and subject matter is much more appealing for a wider audience IMO.