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Is melding the Xbox 360 and PC platforms a good idea?
>> From arstechnica.com:
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We as gamers are currently witnessing a strange merging of the 360 and PC platforms. May will welcome the release of Command and Conquer 3 for Xbox 360 and the big Xbox Live Anywhere debut, Shadowrun. Two genres, RTS and FPS, that hardcore PC gamers argue can only be played with a mouse and keyboard. The RTS genre has been making something of a comeback with Command & Conquer 3 and Supreme Commander, and this is one of the reasons I upgraded my gaming rig. I've reviewed both versions of Battle for Middle-Earth II, so I know that it is possible to pull off a real-time strategy game on consoles. I'm also a big FPS fan on both the PC and consoles, and I'm lucky enough to know how to use both a mouse and keyboard setup and a controller; going back and forth doesn't bother me, although the ravings on gaming forums make it sound like you need to pick ONE and stick WITH IT. I like PC gaming and I like console gaming, and one of the reasons they both have kept on for so long is that the markets have been kept separate. There is no way to be competitive against a PC RTS player using a controller. You can play some on XBox Live against other console users, and you can certainly enjoy the single-player game, but I don't want these two control methods competing. The mouse and keyboard are simply a perfect way of controlling RTS games, and while I don't feel as strong about the controller as a way to control FPS games, I think that the mouse and keyboard would dominate there as well. Apparently in Shadowrun mouse and keyboard have been nerfed somewhat to make competition possible, but when I have to give up accuracy to make it a fair fight, I'm no longer interested in the fight. Keep the PC players to themselves, and let the console players have their own corner. It's a big playground, and when we start to play together, there are usually more problems than it's worth.
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