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Originally posted by The Strangler
Gekko, have you played with MS's headset?
No.
Do you know for a fact how XBox online will play?
No.
Your opinion about something that hasn't even happened yet is NOT valid. Evaluating XBox Live using products not applicable to the XBox is rediculous. Its like me saying I don't like the Gamecube controller because I played with the PS2 controller and I didn't like it.
Just wait until it comes out, is that so hard?
As for the keyboards, you made my point for me. Casual gamers, who make up the vast majority, do not want to "learn" to use a keyboard with games. They also do not put hours upon hours straight into games. They play when they're bored and have nothing else to do, or when they have some friends over. If MS were to release a keyboard for the XBox, developers would design games exclusively for the keyboard because its easier and you can do more, but then you are alienating a lot of casual gamers. Typing of the Dead was a great game, but did it sell well? No. Why? You had to use a keyboard.
MS is trying to avoid this issue by making the developers design games using the controller. This is smart because their games will appeal to a larger audience.
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No, I haven't played with Microsoft's headset, but that's like telling me the idea behind telephones changes if I use a Sony or Panasonic phone. A headset is a headset, there is nothing unique about Microsoft's. And I have talked with people who have used the headset, and they too have confirmed it is very hard to understand people talking on it.
Since when have developers designed games exclusively for the keyboard? Typing of the Dead is the only game I can think of, and that's for obvious reasons. Samba de Amigo doesn't require the maracas, FPS don't require the keyboard and mouse, fishing games don't require the controller, racing games don't require the steering wheel. What makes you think developers would design games exclusively for the keyboard?
And I doubt Microsoft would allow a game through that doesn't use a controller. In the same way they won't allow online games without support for the headset, they don't have to allow games that don't support the controller.
There's never been a problem developing exclusively for peripherals before, there won't be now.