slacker164 on 15 March 2008
Mouse+KB are really only superior for game genres that were built around the control scheme, in other words FPS, RTS, and point+click games. The mouse+KB system fails horribly for platformers, racing games, and several other genres.
I'd say the gamepad in general is the best overall input method. While gamepads might not be as good for FPS and such, they can handle pretty much everything reasonably well without totally failing on any specific genre.
