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.

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.
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.
Its all about reaction time and tweaking your mouse sensitivity. Which is why you see insane angles of head shots with the KB/M
I have wireless mouse and i used it on my ps3, it works and its great. ^___^
cool where we can buy it and do you need specific keyboard and mouse for that or.....
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.
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.
That's HUUUUUUUGE....what a blow to microsoft.
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.
bluetooth support for keyboards would be even easier.
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
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
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.
I have contacted the company, and they will be sending PSU a sample to review around it's release date. :D
I'll have to give this a try..
Awesome. Can't wait!
Hope games recognize this is KB/M combo otherwise it's gonna suck for those console gamers in FPSs.
Does it work with bluetooth? I dont think so and thats why im not buying this adapter.
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
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"
I agree with princevegeta1980. ....ditto!
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.
any real FPS fan will dish away a controller for a KB/M combo this is the real deal.
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
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.
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).
Allllllll Riiiiiiight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can i use a keyboard to play GT5 on ps3???
Please sum1 answer quickly
thank u
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.