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Acheul
5 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's avatar
    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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ReisenQuin's avatar
ReisenQuin
5 years ago

Supposedly your main concern is that the KBM users have an advantage over your play style. You think you're safe from KBM users on console even if it's not allowed in the game?  I'm guessing you've heard of the 3rd party hardware that circumvents the system such as Zen Cronus and Titan 2?  Not only allowing you to use a KBM on the console but also gives them the aim assist designed for controllers and the ability to load custom scripts to further the gap. 

Now before you say that not many use these addons, you'd be mistaken:

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That's just for the Cronus Zen, not including their other products or Titan 2. There's been demonstrations of the scripts allowing wall hacks and aimbotting. Luckily the developer of this script and Activision came to an agreement.  But that doesn't mean others won't follow. But feel free to continue taking a stance against KBM because you fear the game will change.  Sad to say you lost that battle years ago when controllers were connected via USB if not before.

An 'undetectable' and 'unstoppable' cheat was taken down at Activision's request | PC Gamer

If anything the KBM users coming from PCs are looking to get away from the cheats as well. To say the advancement of input device is the end of console play we'd still be using Pong paddles or the old Atari joysticks with a single button.  Even jumping forward ten years to the Nintendo with the rectangular block and two buttons

The bottom line is things change and usually for the better.  The consoles have always been catching up to the PC and as previously stated they are basically PC with a closed environment at this point.  Anyone would tell you there is very little difference between the two categories these days in terms of hardware.  AMD is even selling below grade XBox Series X APU's for users to make tiny gaming pc's.

AMD Quietly Launches Recycled Xbox Series X APU As 4700S Desktop Kit | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

VOLBANKER_PC's avatar
VOLBANKER_PC
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@ReisenQuin Why do PC players always act like it’s completely impossible and out of the question for them to learn how to use a controller?

I switched from PC to console recently, so I can tell you from my own experience that it’s not really that hard, at least in Battlefield where you get all kinds of settings for console users to tweak.
  • ReisenQuin's avatar
    ReisenQuin
    5 years ago
    @VOLBANKER_PC Why are you changing the subject? I don't believe anywhere on my content did I say PC players can't play with a controller nor was this the original topic. But I guess you needed to pivot... so lets pivot

    I grew up with controllers however I did not grow up with playing FPS with controllers because they were on PC exclusively for the longest time. The first many years of FPS on consoles were horrible and later only tolerable with the assistance of the developers essentially allowing console players to cheat with aim assist and reduction in recoil. They added it as necessity to cover the fact that the games weren't as fun and couldn't keep up with the PC versions.

    I personally would rather have credit for my shots rather than a program tracking an enemy through an object regardless to what extent or allowing my aim to be in the general area of a target yet hitting it. Yes KBM is more precise but its far less forgiving than the controllers programmed assistance to compensate for its failings.

    To each their own as to how you want to play, I'm not saying you can't play with a controller on a PC. Freedom of choice, get over it and stop your gatekeeping.
  • VOLBANKER_PC's avatar
    VOLBANKER_PC
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    @ReisenQuin I didn’t mean to change the subject, but the main reason people usually give for wanting MK support is because they (think they) can’t accustom themselves to playing with a controller. So I just wanted to state that I did, and that I thought it wasn’t so hard. But fair enough, I shouldn’t have tagged you as it was more a general comment than a comment meant as a reply to what you wrote above.

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