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Topic: Mouse + Keyboard for PS3!

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#1 8 JUN 2010 at 9:23am
LongBlade General Posts : 20586 Joined: 2 MAY 2003 Status : Offline	OK, this is very interesting to me. I don't have a PS3, but my principle objection to most console games is the the interface: I dislike thumb-driven games. However, I just got a press release this morning which might change things. Penguin United has created a device that allows gamers to plug in a mouse and keyboard and play PS3 games as if they were a computer. If they had this for a 360 I'd be all over it, but since I don't have a PS3, I'm intrigued. If any of you get one of these I would love to hear your impressions. http://www.penguinunite.../contact_us.php?customer I am the Ancien Regime
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#2 8 JUN 2010 at 9:42am
IronX Centurion Posts : 967 Joined: 25 JUN 2011 Location: CA, British Columbia Status : Offline	As a PS3 owner, I'd never buy this. Why anyone would produce a wired keyboard and mouse when the PS3 has bluetooth is beyond me. It might be fine if you have your PS3 set up on a desk like they do, but I would imagine that most people have theirs in the living room where you would want to eliminate wire trip hazards. That aside, I'm not sure what you would use it for. There are no PS3 games to my knowledge that support keyboard and mouse (Edit: having watched the second video, I see it's possible to play games. Still, I'm one of those who prefer using a controller for shooters rather than keyboard).
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#3 8 JUN 2010 at 9:47am
Pak40 Centurion Posts : 640 Joined: 8 JAN 2004 Location: US Status : Offline	Interesting. That's exactly why I don't like console games. Well, that and the dumbing down of games. But usually they dumb down the games because of the lack of keyboard/mouse. This could be a game changer. It looks pretty customizable too!
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#4 8 JUN 2010 at 9:48am
Major Defect Centurion Posts : 303 Joined: 5 MAR 2005 Status : Offline	I agree, largely pointless. I have a PS3 and can already stick my keyboard in it from the PC. It works fine for the very few times I use the PS3 for the internet - certainly no games yet need it. Might be OK if they produce some decent flight sims for it, but not sure that would ever happen. Not tried a mouse, but the manual says I can use one if I want.
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#5 8 JUN 2010 at 9:52am
Pak40 Centurion Posts : 640 Joined: 8 JAN 2004 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By IronX* As a PS3 owner, I'd never buy this. Why anyone would produce a wired keyboard and mouse when the PS3 has bluetooth is beyond me. It might be fine if you have your PS3 set up on a desk like they do, but I would imagine that most people have theirs in the living room where you would want to eliminate wire trip hazards. That aside, I'm not sure what you would use it for. There are no PS3 games to my knowledge that support keyboard and mouse (Edit: having watched the second video, I see it's possible to play games. Still, I'm one of those who prefer using a controller for shooters rather than keyboard). They're not selling a keyboard and mouse. They're selling a converter. You plug in your own USB keyboard and mouse to it. So, I suppose you can plug in a wireless bluetooth mouse/keyboard if you wanted to.
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#6 10 JUN 2010 at 8:49am
undercovergeek Commander Posts : 1314 Joined: 24 OCT 2006 Status : Offline	this will be the difference between me owning a PS3 and not....... Can the current crop of PS3s support wireless keyboard and mouse anyway? if the answers yes, im off to the shops now!!!
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#7 10 JUN 2010 at 9:07am
Wolverine101 Colonel Posts : 3793 Joined: 14 DEC 2009 Status : Offline	Will a PC external hard drive work as a hard drive for these consoles? I was reading someones review of an Xbox 360 and I noticed he said if you have a drive you can plug it into an Xbox arcade and save yourself $20+ by not buying a Pro or Premium edition? Want is the foundation of impatience, a step without thought can be a drop without end Dbeves: And LMFAO - didnt you just have to work battlefront into your response somewhere - you are priceless. Listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhAycDqhog "ha! GL getting THAT much...lolz"
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#8 10 JUN 2010 at 9:46am
Patrocles Centurion Posts : 635 Joined: 22 JAN 2004 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By LongBlade* OK, this is very interesting to me. I don't have a PS3, but my principle objection to most console games is the the interface: I dislike thumb-driven games. However, I just got a press release this morning which might change things. Penguin United has created a device that allows gamers to plug in a mouse and keyboard and play PS3 games as if they were a computer. If they had this for a 360 I'd be all over it, but since I don't have a PS3, I'm intrigued. If any of you get one of these I would love to hear your impressions. http://www.penguinunite.../contact_us.php?customer I am in the same boat regarding the dislike of console hand controllers. I have heard complaints from persons using keyboards for PS3 gaming has a lot of lag? maybe the game or the keyboard were not optimized.
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#9 10 JUN 2010 at 9:30pm
jomni Global Moderator Posts : 2474 Joined: 24 APR 2007 Location: SG Status : Offline	I own a PS3 so here are some answers to your questions. 1) You don't need that Penguin device. If you have a wireless keyboard + mouse, just plug in the USB dongle in the USB slot of the PS3 and these will work as a charm. Or plug in a USB mouse and Keyboard directly. 2) You can play the games using mouse but there's hardly enough buttons and you cannot remap to keyboard (natively). I believe the only game that allows keyboard play in the PS3 like PC is Unreal Tournament. But that Penguin device can do the remapping for you so it might be useful and make any game playable by Keyboard + Mouse. 3) There is a device called FragFX http://www.splitfish.com/ for shooters (Mouse + Nunchuck combo). 4) External harddrives are compatible. I don't bother with the mouse in playing shooters. I'm already used to the controllers. In fact I suck in PC shooters because I'm not used to the accuracy of the mouse.
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