For the past year or so, I've pretty much gone into 360 territory. The simple reason(s) being that my computer can barely run anything, and that the console is more fun to play with other people IN the room. Nevertheless, good old Blizzard games, some of the older Bioware games and such are still fond memories.
With the recent announcement of The Witcher going over to the 360 (and other systems-I don't know), I have to know. What prevents more games that would do quite well on consoles from moving over? I realize that consoles, unlike the vast majority of PCs are built from the ground up to facilitate games only. Writing tools, modding software and the like are impossible (right?) with game-specific processors and a limited hard-drive. But why hasn't there been keyboards and mice designed for the 360 and PS3? It seems that the logical solution to the difficulty of playing traditional RPGs and RTS's without the keyboard and mouse that comes with computers would be to just freakin' build keyboards and mice for consoles.
Am I just blind here? Is there some reason I've missed that such hardware wouldn't be feasible? It just seems like an oversight to me. Maybe I'm just technologically disinclined, but I've asked my mom's boyfriend (who knows a lot a bout computers), and he doesn't really know why they couldn't do that. Help?
With the recent announcement of The Witcher going over to the 360 (and other systems-I don't know), I have to know. What prevents more games that would do quite well on consoles from moving over? I realize that consoles, unlike the vast majority of PCs are built from the ground up to facilitate games only. Writing tools, modding software and the like are impossible (right?) with game-specific processors and a limited hard-drive. But why hasn't there been keyboards and mice designed for the 360 and PS3? It seems that the logical solution to the difficulty of playing traditional RPGs and RTS's without the keyboard and mouse that comes with computers would be to just freakin' build keyboards and mice for consoles.
Am I just blind here? Is there some reason I've missed that such hardware wouldn't be feasible? It just seems like an oversight to me. Maybe I'm just technologically disinclined, but I've asked my mom's boyfriend (who knows a lot a bout computers), and he doesn't really know why they couldn't do that. Help?