I think traditionally the reason why Nintendo and Microsoft have not used mice and keyboards on their consoles for gaming is because it would then become a computer. Nintendo and Microsoft have both said their consoles are video game units, sure Microsoft has gone further to calling the 360 an home entertainment unit but both want to distinguish their consoles from PC's.
Reason Sony has Keyboard Mouse support is simple. Sony marketed the PS3 as a PC to begin with. I remember Ken Kuteragi saying that the PS3 was the next generation in PC gaming and that for the first time in Sony's history they were releasing a competitor to the PC. So if the PS3 is marketed as a high powered PC it seems obvious that key board and mouse would be used.
However as I said Nintendo for example has gone great lengths to ensure gamers that the Wii is not a PC. Iwata and Miyamoto both talked at length that the Wii was supposed to be something revolutionary and not your standard control schimatic's. Iwata and Miyamoto even went as far as saying the Wii is not a home entertainment unit its a games console.
So their you have it, Microsoft already makes PC's so why make the X-Box into another PC? Nintendo doesn't want to make a home entertainment platform they want a games console.
Aren't they right ? If you wanted a PC you should buy a PC if you want a games dedicated system you should buy a console!
Plain and simple if you want a keyboard and mouse go play on your PC.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer









