XCM Keyboard/mouse accessory for 360

I was looking at the XCM XFPS 360 accessory for the 360 and i was curious to hear people's reactions on it. (it's not out yet btw, first week of January i think but you can pre-order it from some places)

I'm a PC gamer myself ...i own the 360 and I must admit that i hate using the controller for FPS games. But at the same time i feel that if I was to buy this, it would put me at a clear advantage over other players.
Most of my friends say they don't like it because it would unbalance the field too much.
Right now i think it's a bit overpriced at $80, but if it drops in price at about half that, and the reviews for it are good...i don't know...i might just get me one.
If nothing else, just so i can stop making an ass of myself online...
Thoughts???

 

If I get an xBox 360, Im going to get one of these. Playing an FPS game without a mouse/keyboard is like playing basketball using an American football.

The only thing I want to know is if/how you can change the keybindings. Im sure theres a way otherwise it would be stupid.

As for unbalancing, what stopping them from buying it? You spent the cashola to play the game how YOU want to play it, so its up to you. Not your fault if you pwn all the noobs that are still using a controller

 

Why would you want to connect a PS2 controller to the 360 btw? I was looking at the pictures and saw that was a possibility too. If I had a 360 I wouldn't get one of these though. I play FPS games on PC, I'd get a 360 for the other types of games.

 

whats the point of thisthing really? Imean if youhave a USB mouse and keyboard,then you can just plug themdirectly into the xbox USBsockets anyway?? lol

 

Yah, that doesn't work because the game doesn't have profile for allowing to use kb/m....
This product assigns keys from the 360 controller to the mouse and keyboard....

 

okay,but that is f*** up!still; at least you cshould be able to totally customise the FPS "typical" controls (i.e W,S,A,D movement keys)

 

you can't use a mouse/keyboard connected through usb in any games...it doesn't work like that (it'd be nice if it would though...)

Well the problem is that most developers are dropping support for the PC and developing exclusively for the consoles.
If a game is for multiple platforms, i usually go for the PC version, but some games you simply can't get for the PC.
Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War are a few examples of games that i would've liked to play on the PC but couldn't.

 

headr cod3 wasn't all that, but Gears of War, that game is the f*** nuts,playing that on my 40" HDTV is better than any similer PC game....actually there isn't really a similer pc game lol

 

Gears Of War is coming to PC though, right? I'm gonna try it at a friends house next week, he just bought his 360

 

I think you'll like it, and I also think that it'll never be as good on the PC. Sure, it might look better (maybe), but it won't have the same feel to it.

 

The KB/M thing won't work the way everyone would imagine. It still has the "anologue stick lag" so you can't move the cursor any faster with the mouse. You will only be able to have better control over it.
The original XBox had one and it was good but not the godsend everyone hoped for. This one should be a quality product fot what it does but I'll wait for the reviews and a store that has a 30 day return policy to carry it before I add it to my list of accessories.

 

You can always speed up the controller sensitivity to decrease the "lag."

 

True but that will only go so far. It's the way the stick works as opposed to the way a mouse works. The stick gives a dirrection for the pointer to move and the pointer stops when the stick is released. The mouse tells the pointer how far to move and stops when the mouse stops. If you try to use the mouse as a stick you have to compensate the stick movement for the mouse movment and it gets "laggy" and sloppy. It takes getting used to is all and should be better than the anaologue stick after a few games.
I hope that makes sence. Sorry for the confussing explanation but it's the best one I can come up with right now.

 

Wrong again. its going to have the same feel because one its coming for vista and two, everyone knows vista will support 100% of the xbox 360 gamepad. so pretty much, u will get the same game as xbox 360 but better res and better speed.

when i play rainbow six with xbox 360 pad on vista, its the same as xbox 360 but with out AA and 5% of slow speed which is not bad since its a port.

 

im worried that no games will support this, making it an 80 dollar waste :behead:

 

sounds like a stupid gimmick.
mouse movment has to be developed into the game.
if you try to emulate it you will have lag and other problems im sure.

 

yup my worry exactly. if not implemented properly it will suck

 

OMG you are so right, i didnt think of that, it just wont have the same free movment of a mouse, itll be just as slow as a controller, well im gutted now

 

Just wait and see I guess. Soon enough people who actually bought it will let us know what they think.

If it does work well, Microsoft may update the console to reject it anyway.

 

I doubt it will work *well*. It will work but so does a my old Pentium 2. I just doesn't do what I would like to do with it. If you know what I mean.