There's something about the precise and comfortable feel of a mouse and keyboard that relaxes and satisfies PC gamers. Now, PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy the keyboard and mouse controls for all of the games in their library thanks to some new gear from Penguin.
Neocrisis: I never knew that unboxing something would be so emotional. I am saying this because this is something that i wanted for such a long. Anyway, below are some images of me unboxing this beauty known as Eagle Eye.
Neocrisis: First off, i must state that i am a keyboard and mouse guy. As such, the Eagle Eye is a god send. I simply cannot play FPS games on consoles at all. Using a keyboard and mouse, i generally stay within the top 5 or 10 positions within any FPS i play. However, that the same cannot be said when i play the very same FPS on a console. I generally am one of the, if not the worst player on a console.
Can we have a vid of someone playing it?
Not a video I have seen from Penguin united. A vid from a normal hardcore gamer.
@Pandamobile: "There's only a handful of full 1080p PS3 games. 720p is a low resolution by today's standards."
How many of those 1920x1080 PC games are rated higher than Uncharted 2?? Full HD resolutions are only a luxury when it comes down to gaming. It has little to no affect at all on determining which game is actually better than the other.
In the same article there is the Tab of Videos, playing Killzone 2 and MW2.
Neocrisis: When Penguin United first introduced the Eagle Eye Converter at E3 (E3) the enthusiasm from gamers and industry insiders was overwhelming. Since E3, the anticipation and internet chatter has dramatically increased as gamers wait for the Eagle Eye to arrive.
Penguin has announced that the Eagle Eye has launched and is available for immediate purchase from the company’s web site as well as Amazon and other select retail outlets.
Hello everyone. Does anyone think Sony or the developers would ban players for using these online. In essence it could be abused like modded controllers in the online environment.
Agree = Yes they could ban for using it.
Disagree = No they won't ban for using it.
They can't, haven't and won't ban people for using these kind of hardware converters.
First of all, I've been using a XFPS-converter since something like 2 years back and they haven't banned anyone so far, so why would they now? Anyway, it's actually not really like playing with mouse and keyboard for the PC, and I'm still getting better scores with my dualshock 3.
Second: Not a big percentage of players use these devices so it's not really worth the hustle for the developers to develop software that would block the devices or ban the users.
Third: It's not really possible to detect people using the converters since all they do is sending signals to the PS3 identical to those from the dualshock 3/sixaxis. Hence, they can't ban the people using them even if they would want to.
that would suck as i have a whole selection of saturn pads and classic arcade sticks hooked up using usb.
they could ban especially if they start to scan at boot up looking for ps3 jailbreaks..
i think devs shoudl just open the console games to support keyboards and mice and ahole devs should allow more gamepad support.. damn keyboard elitist bastards.. making me jump through hurdles to play a game the way i want.. how are you going to have a game on console and pc but not allow the pc version to use a game pad and a console version to use a keyboard? it makes no sense
Actually, the PS3 has had usb keyboard and mouse support from day one. It's up to the devs to use them.
I think that its fine if the pc guys want to use them..they will still die by my hands and a dual shock 3. they have no real advantage against a trained veteran!
Which is of course fair, when you're playing with a group of people who're using controllers?
Where's the sense of achievement? there isn't one, it'll be as shallow as playing with AI.
I can't enjoy FPS games on my PS3. I just get frustrated and rage quit after 1-2 games of Killzone 2 due to the shitty controls. I'd be able to enjoy the game a lot more with a mouse and keyboard, so that's what I plan to do.
Uh.. are you stupid?
Killzone 2 is an awful example, since you'll still be locked to the in-game sensitivity (uber slow), and high deadzones.
If you want to use it, you'll need to play games like Call of Duty that let you control the in-game sensitivity to a decent degree. That's why they demo call of duty.
I wonder if this is better than the XIM360 v1 (the PS3 compatible version). One difference I see: with the XIM, it has to be plugged into the PC while using it with the PS3. This Eagle Eye converter looks like it only needs to be plugged into PC to program it.
If only they will update it so that you can change the sensitivity without buying a 5000dpi mouse