Should Next Gen Consoles Offer Mouse Control?

[bfar]

Must say, I'm mighty impressed by the hardware on offer for the price these days. The only thing stopping me is that I hate playing a lot of games with a standard controller (apart from driving and some platform games).

I have an xbox, but have been disapointed by many titles because they feel so clumsy with the controller.

I firmly believe that a more accurate control system would breath new life into console gaming. Surely the gamer should have the option? Any thoughts?

 

[bfar]

Thanks for the replies guys

First up, no one has mentioned how the control system affects the range of applications available on the system. There's no doubt the PC has a much greater range, due to the flexiblity in input systems. You will never play games like Command and Conquer, Dawn of War, Rome Total War, or indeed any game that requires a complex contol system on your xbox 360. Surely you would like to maximise the genres available to you on your system? Surely you would like to chose other applications apart from games? As it is, consoles seem very restricted to me - a waste of good hardware.

As for mouse vs keyboard in fps games - yes, a mouse is far faster and more accurate. As a paying customer, I wish to have the choice of control methods, I honestly don't care if it's fair or not. I don't like controllers on fps games, I find I will sooner not play the game than practice with a controller, which is unfortunate.

I've read one poster saying if you don't like it go back to your PC. Thats exactly what I do! Thats sad for the xbox community. The more gamers that are alienated, the less units will be sold, and then everybody looses out, right? As it is, I won't buy a console at that price until I see something genuinely more flexible. That doen't have to be a mouse, just something that offers alternatives to the usual fare.

 

[bfar]

I feel that not enough has been done to the joypad to suit modern games. With each new console there is an opertunity to add to or improve all devices including joypads. I was disapointed to see the 360 controller is basically the same as the old one. In other words, we'll be playing basically the same games on a 360.
For example (and this is just a suggestion!) a good tracker ball or touchpad for your right thumb would open up a lot of possibilities.