[dev1097] Newly Added Control Config.

[Alhanelem]

You do actually need a survey. This is not every other computer game. It was designed to work with a game pad and in my opinion works better with one.

You're trying to mix together opinions and facts. Just because you think the game plays better with a controller (I don't) doesn't mean "most people on the PC play it with controllers." Also, before this post, you didn't specify FFXI, you made it sound like you were speaking in general terms.

Imagine how fun dual-boxing would be with two keyboards on your lap.

Those who choose to dual box accept the inconveniences involved. The game does not promote nor was designed around the fact that it is possible to do this.

If I had to venture a guess, I would estimate that probably 90% of all the PC players already own(ed) an xbox360 or ps2 or ps3 controller, so that's really not much of an issue.

this "guess" of yours is based on your personal opinions and perceptions of game controllers, and not on any kind of facts or data. You're assuming that all or most PC gamers were console gamers at one point, and that's just not true. Except on certain home computers from the 80s and such (e.g. commodore 64), most comptuers did not come with a game controller but came with a keyboard. The fact that there's a huge market for gaming keyboards and gaming mice should tell you that there are a lot more mouse and keyboard users out there then you seem to want there to be.

I owned a personal computer long before I ever owned a video game console, personally.

[FrankReynolds]

You're trying to mix together opinions and facts.

So are you.

Also, before this post, you didn't specify FFXI, you made it sound like you were speaking in general terms.

Sorry for the confusion. I play games on what makes sense. For Example: If it's a first person shooter that you're playing, you would have to be insane (or just like losing) to want to use a game pad over the mouse / keyboard. In FFXI however, I can literally play for hours at a time without ever needing to type anything, so the the game pad makes a lot more sense to me. It's nice to be able to sit 6 feet from my screen without needing a big clunky keyboard and / or a mouse and a place to set it.

Those who choose to dual box accept the inconveniences involved. The game does not promote nor was designed around the fact that it is possible to do this.

and yet it is a fact of life and the best way to do it (without using bot programs) is to have two controllers.

this "guess" of yours is based on your personal opinions and perceptions of game controllers, and not on any kind of facts or data. You're assuming that all or most PC gamers were console gamers at one point, and that's just not true. Except on certain home computers from the 80s and such (e.g. commodore 64), most comptuers did not come with a game controller but came with a keyboard. The fact that there's a huge market for gaming keyboards and gaming mice should tell you that there are a lot more mouse and keyboard users out there then you seem to want there to be.

Correlation =/= causation. I suspect that in this day and age, most parents have a PC in the house long before they consider buying their children a console. That does not mean that the kids will all be PC only gamers, or even that they will get any gaming experience at all from the PC (every console is capable of playing every game made for that console, while most home PCs are pretty rubbish as far as gaming goes). Console games are a multi-billion dollar industry. A very large portion of the console owning populace are PC owners as well. While most PC gamers have either played consoles in the past or are currently playing console games as well as PC games, a very large portion of console gamers have never even considered playing games on their PC. I mean almost everyone I know has some sort of gaming system either for their kids or their own use, but very few people I know play PC games and bear in mind that I live in the US. Outside of the US, PC gaming is not nearly as popular.