Re: Keyboard and mouse on consoles

@OskooI_007XIM/Cronus/Titan will not work with PS5 (confirmed on their forums), but will probably work with Xbox X. Last gen consoles will work with emulators, but you are stuck with 64 players. As you previously mentioned, XIM will work with Remote Play on PS5, but I suspect lag will be an issue on FPS.

A lot of this will be cleared up once the Beta launches, and people have a chance to experiment.

@Lancelot_du_Lac For remote play you'll definitely want both the remote play device and the ps5 wired to the same gigabit ethernet switch. Plus using the TV the ps5 is hooked up to view video and not the remote play video stream feed because it's laggier than using the TV the ps5 is hooked up to instead.

The only thing remote play is being used for is to send controller inputs over ethernet to the ps5. The video stream isn't being used for anything.

And wired gigabit ethernet switches have sub 1ms ping times, but I suspect the remote play app adds a few ms delay.

Definitely not ideal but I hear there's a couple fixes in the works that will solve the 3rd party controller problem on ps5 making remote play no longer necessary. Some of them might even be out by the end of this year.

It’s incredibly annoying to announce 1 month before release that console players won’t get this feature.
Mainly because it was promised. ITS NOT FAIR.

Why is it so hard to put an option in the game that whoever wants to turn off crossplay and it only plays with a controller.

I have a lot of friends who can’t play an FPS game with a controller and play on a console.

It’s incredibly annoying to be dragging the community apart now.

I’m already thinking about asking for a refund as a PC player because I won’t play alone.

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@Asrach

It won't be supported at launch, but they'll still work on it to make it available.

Probably trying to create it in a balanced way to fit for everyone, since some casual players on a Console just don't like fighting others on the same platform using M&K. 

See below the official Infos regarding this topic:

"We’ve heard your questions about mouse and keyboard support for consoles. We can confirm that we won’t be supporting this on consoles at the launch of Battlefield 2042, but we are still investigating the various options about making that available, and how it may impact cross-play. If that ever changes, you’ll hear it from us first."

So it's not entirely sure that it won't come at all!

Greets,

Travis 

Reality is that the number of console players who do not want to play with/against Mouse & Keyboard players by far outnumbers the players who wants to play using M&K.

It is unfortunate but a hard fact that the majority of FPS cheating methodologies is directly connected with the usage of M&K... 

They are not. All cheats are software.

The fair solution has been suggested multiple times now.

Giving me an option to use a k/m will not affect you, a controller player.

Giving me no option, I will reach for the XIM/Cronus devices that will enable me playing with a k/m (with auto aim enabled) against you and then you will cry that I'm a cheater.

So giving the option will prevent people from cheating.

Thing like this happened with Gears Of War years ago. Everyone was running with XIM.

They where from the first to enable k/m. For this reason.

Game looks promising so far for me. I hope the devs consider adding M&K support for consoles as soon as possible. 

@FireExhausterIm in your opinion too. For me the game look awesome but I was playing my entire life as PC user, now Im onxbox series X and will be very difficult to play with the controller, besides if you have crossplay there is no reason to not include this controll with crossplay enable.

@UNL1M1T3D_P0W3RBut PC players can use both controller and mouse? Did you even consider the possibility of allowing M&K support on consoles and forcing all those users in a crossplay lobby? Controller lobby balance is completely unaffected by this.

COD, fortnite, halo, overwatch all have M&K support and there were no complaints and more people were able to access the game so did they not make the right choice too? Did you consider how much it helps people with arthritis or those who are unable to use a controller?

So tell me why it should never come to consoles. Saying 'go buy a PC' is probably the weakest argument you can give. If you are willing to donate a $1000 and tell me where I can find a 3060 for a fair price right now then sure. Otherwise I'm sorry.. you need a better argument than that.

Early access started in few countries..I tried asking in their live streams about mkb support for consoles..Sadly it isn’t implemented. I know they confirmed this will not be there on launch..But I felt a small possibility of getting that with our conversations here..Unfortunately it’s not..Oh btw the game looks great so far.

I've pre-order it, started playing a few hours ago and unfortunately m&k it's not supported and still no aim assist tuning... so long for "fair play" huh..
I've pre-order it cuz I'm a huge BF fan since BF2 (never liked the WW theme games). I really hope M&K is implemented soon because it is impossible to compete with cros-play on and not being able to even move without some one getting you shredded.
And to the people who will say "get better" or "get used to it".. well, I do have a REAL life and don't have the time to spend to "get better". Just a casual player who just want to enjoy the game without the COD lovers/streamers competitive level player who give their life to A GAME, IMHO...
DICE please, If this it's really a FAIR GAME EXPERIENCE it is mandatory to add M&K natively to the game, otherwise XIM/Cronus or similar devices will be appearing not far down the road (me included)