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XFPS allows for mouse & keyboard on all PS3 titles

Posted on January 20th, 2008 at 18:48 EDT

After Unreal Tournament III set the mark for incorporating the keyboard & mouse setup on the PS3, one company is hoping to allow gamers to have this setup as a permanent fixture for any game of their choice.



XCM, the company behind this new peripheral, has announced the release of the XFPS Rateup Adapter for the PS3. This adapter will allow PS3 owners to use a keyboard and mouse instead of the Sixaxis controller to play their games. The peripheral is region free as it will work on all PlayStation 3 models and is compatible with all PlayStation 3 games.

The adapter will also allow the controller's button configuration to be remapped to the user's choice. Seeing as how the adapter is compatible with 95% of different kinds of mouse and keyboards, this especially beneficial for the PC gamer making the transition to the console world. PC gamers will now be able to enjoy "high sensitivity, precision and smoothness" from a platform that was once frowned upon by those same PC gamers.

The only thing of particular concern would be that some games have Sixaxis functionality so it may pose some bit of trouble mapping that same functionality to the mouse/keyboard. No official price or release date has been announced, but stay tuned for any new bit of information that may be coming out about this new peripheral.

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posted 6:50pm EST - January 20th, 2008
1

Awesome! I never realized how much a keyboard and mouse combo makes over a controller on my console FPSes. I just bought a keyboard and mouse combo for my PS3 today, and I'll be sure to get this.

posted 6:56pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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Xbox is going down !!!!!!!!!!!!
posted 7:06pm EST - January 20th, 2008
3

that sucks.  sure it's beneficial for those people who love using mouse and keyboard.  i love using the mouse and keyboard.  but the best mouse and keyboard players on say... FPS games, are better than those who play with a controller.  this just gives a huge advantage to those using mouse and keyboard.

posted 7:17pm EST - January 20th, 2008
4

Its all about reaction time and tweaking your mouse sensitivity. Which is why you see insane angles of head shots with the KB/M

posted 7:22pm EST - January 20th, 2008
5

I have wireless mouse and i used it on my ps3, it works and its great. ^___^

posted 7:47pm EST - January 20th, 2008
6

cool where we can buy it and do you need specific keyboard and mouse for that  or.....

posted 8:03pm EST - January 20th, 2008
7

 I guess I am the only guy on earth that thinks a mouse/KB sucks for gaming. I would take a Sixaxis or any other console controller over the cramping and digital clumsiness of a keyboard. I do far better with a pad on UT3 than I do with a KB/M so maybe I just suck at it, but I am at least willing to admit that unlike the legions of PC gamers that say pads suck just because they are total n00bs with them.

posted 8:15pm EST - January 20th, 2008
8

Its good news, but its also bad for those who prefer using the PS3 controllers because they'll get owned on games like UTIII and CoD4.

posted 8:19pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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i know its not the time nor the place to ask this q,so my apologies ,i am to be transfered to italy next month (i live in usa now)so th q is , is the ps3 multi-region or is it only a rumor, should i keep mine or sell it and get another one there? thanks in advance Y'ALL
posted 8:22pm EST - January 20th, 2008
10

That's HUUUUUUUGE....what a blow to microsoft.

posted 8:23pm EST - January 20th, 2008
11
tegesh, the PS3 is region free for PS3 games. However, if you watch a lot of Blu-ray movies, you may want a new PS3 as movies are region-locked.
posted 8:27pm EST - January 20th, 2008
12

Hey Soviet, your not the only one left, I too prefer the sixaxis on fps, and just about every other type of game, only times I need mouse and keyboard are for RTS and MMORPG's and that's really only necessary for the typing functions.

posted 8:30pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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@ ERIC2929 THANKS FOR YOU TROUBLE, that was so helpful, again thanks.
posted 8:36pm EST - January 20th, 2008
14

bluetooth support for keyboards would be even easier.

posted 9:00pm EST - January 20th, 2008
15

my only problem is that poeple, like myself, who dont like to use keyboard and mouse. im gonna get pwned by them with a keyboard and mouse. i hope the online games get a filter for it

posted 9:21pm EST - January 20th, 2008
16

oi dat ting looks gay! so does this mean I can play MGS4? **** ya! ahh why dont they (sony) just enable that s**t man cmon we know you can. my highly expensive key&mouse willl look gay attached to this thing.

@ Fr33DoGG - Sexbox owners have their own version.

 

the peeps at amazon be saying this ting be gay! DONT BUY IT! it be getting shatty reviews!

 

Some of you peeps need to go back to college; some of you peeps be talking in riddles

 

 

posted 9:25pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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I wanna see someone try to use a keyboard and mouse against me in Warhawk if Warhawk was to support it.
posted 10:27pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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In case anyone's wondering, the Xbox 360 version of this product has been out for about six months, and it's pretty close to unuseable. I wouldn't hold my breath for this one to work well.

posted 11:13pm EST - January 20th, 2008
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I have contacted the company, and they will be sending PSU a sample to review around it's release date. :D

posted 11:18pm EST - January 20th, 2008
20

I'll have to give this a try..

posted 12:38am EST - January 21st, 2008
21

Awesome.  Can't wait!

posted 1:31am EST - January 21st, 2008
22

Hope games recognize this is KB/M combo otherwise it's gonna suck for those console gamers in FPSs.

posted 4:41am EST - January 21st, 2008
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Does it work with bluetooth? I dont think so and thats why im not buying this adapter.

posted 5:14am EST - January 21st, 2008
24

This is ok but the ability to use a KaM should be written into the games. I would love to use the KaM for my FPS games but im not going to buy some silly add on thing. Come on Devs write this in to all games PLEASE

posted 5:50am EST - January 21st, 2008
25

this could be good, but the thing i don't get is why do we need "xfps" to use kb+mouse to play our fps, we have usb ports and bluetooth, it's the game developpers job to ensure his game uses all the potential of the console, not being able to play fps games like ut3 with kb+mouse is a bit like not being able to play driving simulation games like gt5 with a steering wheel, especially with the g25 on the market, so developpers, "wake up and see what you can do with the ps3 to make your games better so they sell better"

posted 6:10am EST - January 21st, 2008
26

I agree with princevegeta1980. ....ditto!

posted 6:21am EST - January 21st, 2008
27

Didn't know that about UT3.  Now I might be buying that game.

More PS3 devs should incorporate Mouse & Keyboard support in there games whenever possible.

posted 8:25am EST - January 21st, 2008
28

any real FPS fan will dish away a controller for a KB/M combo this is the real deal.

 

posted 11:06am EST - January 21st, 2008
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psn id: gingo... this is quite a great idea but again as said the sixaxis funtionality will be very hard to map on keys so playing games like folklore, lair and heavenly sword will be hard

posted 1:37pm EST - January 21st, 2008
30

This is going to ruin every server in every game. Everyone will have to buy mouse and keyboard to beat those who already use it.

posted 3:46pm EST - January 21st, 2008
31

I too prefer the PS controller. I play PC and PS3 FPS and although I prefer the precision aiming of a mouse nothing can beat the manouvrability of a controller, I can circle straff all day without running out of desk!!! However I do think that Kb & M will always beat a controller (unfortunately).

posted 5:17pm EST - January 21st, 2008
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I can personally garantee. That I can beat someone using a PS controller when they are using a kb and mouse. Just because someone is using a kb and mouse doesn't make them automatically better than someone using a controller. Who ever wins is going to be decided by the player. And not by a keyboard and mouse or controller.
posted 6:51pm EST - January 21st, 2008
33

Allllllll Riiiiiiight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 2:37pm EDT - April 12th, 2008
34

Can i use a keyboard to play GT5 on ps3???

Please sum1 answer quickly

thank u

 

posted 9:10am EDT - June 12th, 2008
35

this sucks man.i m good at playing with my Sixaxis (im good at keyboard and mouse too.) but sixaxis is special thing for ps3 man when u play with keyboard and mouse: its like you re playing with computer. there r lots of ppl that  cant play with sixaxis and when this adapter comes they r going to have an advantage.

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