How come console FPS games don't include Mouse and Keyboard support?

[StriderShinryu]

oh god. I have NO IDEA. If they're worried about balancing MP, why don't they just include the option to make controller-only and keyboard-only games? UT3 did this. Counter-Strike will probably do this when it's released. The lack of keyboard/mouse support on consoles is so stupid it hurts me.

That's splitting the community, I'm afraid.

To bring another genre into this: Fighting games.

In fighting games, there an option for people to use arcade pads. As someone who plays fighting games frequently, I can tell you that arcade pads, at least the high quality ones, are FAR superior to using a gamepad. And not just because I am used to it. They have tighter controls and better ergonomics and spacial placement of buttons for fighting games.

People who use arcade pads tend to do better against people who use default game pads.

Yet they aren't banned from fighting games.

This actually isn't true at all. Some of the top players in the world use pads to play fighting games. Arcade sticks may be the traditional way to play fighters, and may offer a more "proper" way to play them, but there's nothing really better about playing with a stick beyond preference when you get down to real world results.