Keyboard and mouse to play from the Xbox One? It will arrive in the form of an update but does it make sense?

Traditionally when playing games there has always been a differentiation between console and computer. A differentiation that was real or not determined by the type of games that could be used on each platform Thus, in the case of those who advised the use of the mouse or the keyboard to make the most of its possibilities, we almost certainly had to use a PC.

An increasingly blurred dividing line, or at least that is what Mike Ybarra has hinted at, who has announced that are working on an update that will bring keyboard and mouse support to Redmond's home consoles that is now on the market, the Xbox One S and that it can also be used on the Xbox One X.

Using a keyboard and mouse as a method of controlling video games on a console is something that surely attracts many users who even now they saw this platform as deficient in this sense. And it is that no matter how good a control pad is, playing a _shooter_ is much more precise and practical if it is done with a mouse and a keyboard.

A movement with which Microsoft would seek to balance the gap of users who go from one platform to another and in which for now the PC winsIt is about attracting classic PC users. Make them see that with an Xbox One they can have the same possibilities (we're talking about control) as with their PC of a lifetime.

However, before many start thinking about titles, this is a measure with which Redmond will facilitate the work of implementing this possibility, but will be Finally, the developers of the videogames will decide if they want their game to have this supportA game can have keyboard and mouse support optionally, mandatory or not at all. It all depends on the developer, although from Redmond they affirm that this measure will make the titles more attractive to the user.

From Microsoft thus trying to blur the line that separates both platforms in a second step that adds to the dice with Xbox Play Anywhere titles . Make it easier for the user to decide whether to use one platform or another.

Source | Windows Central