Alternative Input Methods on Consoles *spawn*

[mpg1]

I'm curious to (first of all when) but also how well keyboard and mouse support is going to be integrated on Xbox.

Personally I was sorta hoping motion (gyroscope) in controllers would become a substitute for keyboard and mouse on consoles..

 

[Grall]

MEMS gyros are laggy and imprecise. Trying to type or mouse with a tilt controller would be a total nightmare, IMO. Worse than steering a cursor over an onscreen keyboard with an analog stick...

 

[Rikimaru]

Gyro keyboard is implemented in PS4 since launch and works well...
Several games on Wii and Switch use gyro as a cursor.

 

[mpg1]

It's on PS4 but I never hear of it being utilised...Nintendo seems to be utilising it their games.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

It's on PS4 but I never hear of it being utilised...

It's optional, you can turn it on or off. I think it's R3 (or L3).

 

[Tkumpathenurpahl]

I've only ever accidentally turned it on and hated it every time.

I liked motion controls for throwing grenades in the first Uncharted, and also tilting it to jump backwards whilst hanging. I didn't enjoy it as anything more than a novelty when it came to steering in Motorstorm though.

I like motion controls as an additional, optional input. Hopefully, now that the Switch is out and selling well, we'll see more developers embracing such additions in multiplatform games.

 

[Nesh]

It's on PS4 but I never hear of it being utilised...Nintendo seems to be utilising it their games.

Tearaway was a perfect example of the gyro implementation. Such a wonderful game