Keyboard and mouse on consoles

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... 

Am looking forwards to the beta so much to try this game with friends! All I need to know is this:

Will Mouse And Keyboard be supported for the Beta on Xbox Series X? The keyboard worked on Tech but not the mouse, so I do hope they got the problem sorted to test it properly!!! :D

@CemtexxSince EA DICE announced that keyboard and mouse will not be supported at launch, I would not expect it to be in the Open Beta either.

That's annoying as it was partially supported in the Tech ☹️ 

I did a little bit of merging - For anyone wondering about new feedback/ideas, the team does comb these threads and is aware of new posts. As previously stated, the team is looking into options (no guarantees) but there will be no official support at launch. I personally like the idea of limiting console M&K to certain lobbies

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@TTZ_Dipsy wrote:

I did a little bit of merging - For anyone wondering about new feedback/ideas, the team does comb these threads and is aware of new posts. As previously stated, the team is looking into options (no guarantees) but there will be no official support at launch. I personally like the idea of limiting console M&K to certain lobbies

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Yes agreed that it could be a future supported 'lobby' kept apart from the regular gamers.

Just as some have suggested:  Let all the cheaters battle it out in a closed 'server lobby' just for them please, if you will...

The whole point for many of us buying a console and leaving the PC gamers environment happily behind in the first place was exactly to get rid of that infested cheater environment.  The console world's strongest point for multiplayer games is exactly that to ensure a level playing field, where the integrity of the platform and the games are assured.  EA should not upset their biggest player population please by venturing in to compromise on this!

I saw 1 person say a good idea.

If you have crossplay disabled, limit to Controller and if crossplay enabled allow you to chose your preferred play style whether it be M&K or Controller.

It would make sense then that way it keeps it some what even and matched up, with them enabling crossplay from day 1 but no M&K for consoles may be a mistake to make.

MY PERSONAL OPINION.👍

Many complain, because of the pairing with those who play on PC and Controller, simply the video game console, it is a team, regardless of which peripheral you use! If I played with a video console with M&K and removed the pairing, the system I should recognize my video console as if it were a PC for the simple fact of playing with M&K and voila !, Crossplay already exists and you can deactivate it or not! Whoever wants to play on a PC and with a Controller, the same thing would happen, when deactivating Crossplay, as it should recognize it as if it were playing on a console, just by having the controller connected, and in this way you only play with controller players! It's so easy to see it like this! Today, video consoles and games must allow the versatility of peripherals that the user wants to play! It is in the game where you can take control of whether or not to play with Controller or with M&K and without or with Crossplay. And everyone is happy!

In my case, I have my XBOX Series X, and I would like to play BF2042 with M&K, to avoid buying a video card, processors etc. on my current PC, for the simple fact of saving me some money, that I can use it better in the game! Nowadays it is more difficult to get a PC peripheral than a current video console! Knowing that the game is optimized on my XBOX!

I apologize for the image in Spanish, but it means that if there is support to play with a controller on steam PC, in the following image.

@TTZ_Dipsy Limiting console M&K to certain lobbies it’s a bad idea, just why.

Console M&K players are just like PC M&K players, let them play together.