Mouse and Keyboard Control coming to the consoles

"Chazzzy;c-16755760" wrote:

"Feliz;c-16755738" wrote:

"Chazzzy;c-16754585" wrote:
Read about this. It’s coming to Xbox in general natively but each game company has to enable it for their particular games, and EA will be enabling it for Sims 4 eventually.

My thing is, they’re also trying to get mod support on consoles too. So with mod support and the ability to use a keyboard/mouse, explain to me why anyone would choose to buy Sims games for the console when they can do both of these things on PC currently.

I’m not talking about people who don’t have a computer, but I’m referring to people who already own the game on computer and wanted to play Sims on their console. What is the point for them? The game is still very difficult to play with a controller, and if they have to hook up a keyboard/mouse to it, why not just sit down in front of their computer to play?

Im not sure what point you are trying to make. I don't think their goal in adding this function is to lure in PC players. I's say it was due to them seeing it was a requested function and them working to see if they can accommodate it.

My point is if the controls are too difficult to play on console then why did they bother porting the game over? They basically lied to the fans. All of those “It’s not that bad, controls are easy” videos they paid people to make are lies. If you read reviews of the game, the majority of the negative comments are people saying they’d love to play but the controls are awful and that it takes way too long to do things in comparison to on PC. This means whoever they worked with to port the game did a terrible job if they’re working so hard to now add mouse and keyboard support.

It’s ironic and comedic at this point.

"catloverplayer;c-16755965" wrote:

"Chazzzy;c-16755760" wrote:

"Feliz;c-16755738" wrote:

"Chazzzy;c-16754585" wrote:
Read about this. It’s coming to Xbox in general natively but each game company has to enable it for their particular games, and EA will be enabling it for Sims 4 eventually.

My thing is, they’re also trying to get mod support on consoles too. So with mod support and the ability to use a keyboard/mouse, explain to me why anyone would choose to buy Sims games for the console when they can do both of these things on PC currently.

I’m not talking about people who don’t have a computer, but I’m referring to people who already own the game on computer and wanted to play Sims on their console. What is the point for them? The game is still very difficult to play with a controller, and if they have to hook up a keyboard/mouse to it, why not just sit down in front of their computer to play?

Im not sure what point you are trying to make. I don't think their goal in adding this function is to lure in PC players. I's say it was due to them seeing it was a requested function and them working to see if they can accommodate it.

My point is if the controls are too difficult to play on console then why did they bother porting the game over? They basically lied to the fans. All of those “It’s not that bad, controls are easy” videos they paid people to make are lies. If you read reviews of the game, the majority of the negative comments are people saying they’d love to play but the controls are awful and that it takes way too long to do things in comparison to on PC. This means whoever they worked with to port the game did a terrible job if they’re working so hard to now add mouse and keyboard support.

It’s ironic and comedic at this point.

I don't have any problems with the controls on the console.

"Melmack;c-16749147" wrote:
Omg. I haven't played sims on PC in sooo long it would take me forever to get used to using a mouse and keyboard again. But it would be a lot easier once you get used to it. Plus all the shortcuts would be nice to have!

"Simburian;c-16753968" wrote:
I commented on here a long time ago that mouse and keyboard control was coming to the Xbox, so long ago that nobody commented and I can't find my note it's so old! I don't think it will be all what we hope it will be though.

The new Xbox's, potentially have much more power than a PC or Mac and will be much cheaper than a gaming laptop to play the game. I think the problem is that mouse and keyboard give a greater advantage in shoot-em-up online gaming competitions.
https://www.cnet.com/news/mouse-and-keyboard-support-is-coming-to-xbox-one/

"Chazzzy;c-16754585" wrote:
Read about this. It’s coming to Xbox in general natively but each game company has to enable it for their particular games, and EA will be enabling it for Sims 4 eventually.

My thing is, they’re also trying to get mod support on consoles too. So with mod support and the ability to use a keyboard/mouse, explain to me why anyone would choose to buy Sims games for the console when they can do both of these things on PC currently.

I’m not talking about people who don’t have a computer, but I’m referring to people who already own the game on computer and wanted to play Sims on their console. What is the point for them? The game is still very difficult to play with a controller, and if they have to hook up a keyboard/mouse to it, why not just sit down in front of their computer to play?