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Acheul

4 years ago

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Will Battlefield 2042 be playable with a mouse and keyboard on Box series S

Will Battlefield 2042 be playable with a mouse and keyboard on Xbox series S?

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EA_Darko
4 years ago
Hey all, I've gone ahead and locked this thread as it is going nowhere good.

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Mrbotty

4 years ago

IF Battlefield 2042 does not have keyboard and mouse controls as an option on Xbox series x which I have switched to because PC no longer offers good value for dollar, I will be playing another FPS that does. I have thousands of hrs clocked in previous battlefield games on pc and will not play a competitive fps with a joystick because it's plain dumb.

COD, Sea of thieves and many other games support keyboard and mouse on Xbox series x, there is no valid technical reason 2042 can not also support it.

Trokey66

Seasoned Ace

4 years ago

@Mrbotty Why does the console game have to change just because you have decided to switch from PC?

QuinReisen
4 years ago
@Trokey66 If you want to play that game... one could easily ask "why should the game originally developed for PC change the input just for console players?"

So for an inclusion of the KBM on console isnt out of the question when using your own argument.
- Trokey66
  Seasoned Ace
  4 years ago
  @QuinReisenNot really.....
  
  There was no Battlefield on console before Bad Company (console specific) after which the franchise was 'all platform' with the console versions not supporting KB&M.
  Until the development of emulators, console was pure controller so of course, games on console are going to be controller only, that is a no brainer.
  
  Choose your platform, choose your input device.
  - Tifanofauvo
    4 years ago
    Thanks God we are evolving. And now we can use multiple inputs in all platforms @Trokey66.
    And by the way, consoles are tiny PCs these days. The main difference would be the OS.
- VOLBANKER_PC
  Seasoned Ace
  4 years ago
  @QuinReisenMax. player count for BF1 pr. platform has PC at the bottom:
  
  https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/insights/population?days=-1
  
  So at least for BF1, console players were the vast majority compared to PC players.
  Edit: Ok, this is peak population for each platform, not sales 🙂
  Still, peak population must be a good indicator for how big sales pr. platform were.