But keyboards have never been that way. Like FPS can be played with the controller, but played much better with the keyboard. It didn't slow sales at all.
And games like Steel Battalion are still being made, being exclusively for the controller and will likely cost the price of a new Xbox, maybe more. Those kind of games aren't meant for casual gamers. And the fishing controller was used 3 times during Sega's life, and a keyboard can be used for every online game.
Sony has plans for one, remember the whole LCD monitor setup they showed before? Nintendo allows them. Remember, Microsoft has their own network, setup their own way. If they don't have chats and the Xbox Live software doesn't support keyboard input, it's useless. Nintendo isn't restricting anything, but MS is.
And guess what? Casual gamers don't have to buy the damn keyboard. MS keeps saying they are making their console for the hardcore gamer, and they are the ones who will buy the keyboard and mouse, not to mention the ones who are online a lot.
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