Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse - eviltoast
  • FeelzGoodMan420
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    2 hours ago

    It is optimal though. I don’t understand why you are saying it’s not? Aiming with a mouse is 9 million % more effective than thumbsticks. Like that’s reality. If you had two equal skilled teams, one on controllers, and one on kb/m (and it’s a first person shooter), the kb/m gang will win like 99% of the time just based on that.

    You’re just taking your own opinion about kb/m and assuming that it applies to the masses. It doesn’t. Vast majority of people would agree with me. Kb/m is better for non-controller games.

    • Farid@startrek.website
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      2 minutes ago

      You’re missing my point and just sticking to the usual false dichotomy of KBM vs. gamepads. I’m saying, we should come up with something better than a device designed for entering text, and I didn’t even criticize mice. Keyboard isn’t and can’t be “optimal” gaming device because that’s not its purpose, and it’s not what it was optimized for. Games just adapted to accommodate the devices already included with every PC, with varying degrees of success. That is just a fact, not an opinion. Keyboards weren’t made for playing games, we just adapted to using them, therefore they aren’t optimal.

      Which means that we are yet to develop the optimal device for gaming to use in conjunction with the mouse, one that was designed specifically for that purpose. Just because you “don’t know what else would be better when combined with the mouse” (quote from your other comment) it doesn’t mean that nobody can design something better.

      Yes, controller are purpose built for gaming, and they are definitely far superior in a lot of game genres. But mouse still is better for precision control, be it aiming a gun or selecting a unit. And keyboard is holding it back, because it’s just an unoptimized row of buttons.

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      59 minutes ago

      Per their original comment, they aren’t saying mouse is bad. Their problem is with the keyboard.

      … we merely tolerate keyboard as a gaming input device because of the precision that mouse provides

      Why are you bringing up the mouse again?

      • FeelzGoodMan420
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        56 minutes ago

        I also disagree with the keyboard comment. I see no issue with it and I don’t know what else would be better when combined with the mouse.