Razer Turret for Xbox One CES 2019 Hands-on - Unfair Advantage?

Wccftech went hands-on with the Razer Turret, the mouse and keyboard combo coming to Xbox One with official support and integration, at CES 2019.

[ccgr]

PC users have had an advantage for a while, this levels the playing field if you can afford it

[KaiPow]

Maybe this will help me actually win a match in PUBG..

[Futureshark]

The grey area between Xbox and PC becomes greyer.

[Rude-ro]

That’s the point.

[Razzer]

Let me install Windows and Visual Studio on Xbox and then we will be getting somewhere. :-)

[Eldyraen]

Most competitive games that have confirmed support for keyboard and mouse have also said they plan to have separate matchmaking dedicated to k/m or controller users.

I think Gears 4 is the only major game that has cross platform competitive gameplay atm, and it started off as a beta thing before seemingly being underused or not too unbalanced at least (gameplay in it isn’t the same as a regular FPS however). I doubt Halo Infinite will be throwing controller users in that world day 1 either, and is more likely to stay that way too as the bunny hop shooters see a big boost compared to most other titles (controllers usually having jump defaulted to face buttons which requires you to either jump or change camera but not both at the same without changing to something like bumper jumping—or holding the controller really weird which some can train themselves to do but I’ll never even attempt).

[slate91]

But then you also have the elite controllers that allow you to jump and shoot without taking your fingers off of the sticks/face buttons.

[Rude-ro]

You can do that without the elite or scuf type of controllers... you just might get arthritis though.

[Cobra951]

Mouse+KB is a whole other level of advantage, in this kind of game. It only makes sense to segregate players based on input device.

[Eldyraen]

Sticks are still sub par to Mouse too, especially once you add in auto aim (apparently Fortnite on consoles for example still has auto-aim even with mouse and keyboard).

So I was just giving one example. However, Elites fall into the “without changing things” section because you have to buy an extra controller and then still switch button mapping around. Same for any game, like Overwatch and some others, that have button swapping in game for any controller really.

[Razzer]

"separate matchmaking dedicated to k/m or controller users"

I'm thinking k/m lobbys will be a bit empty in that case. Vast majority will stick to controllers, imo.

[drunkenspy007]

Who is this for? I mean, for the price of an xbox1x and this gear, you could by a comparable computer that would do a whole lot more.

[Cobra951]

People will still buy the Xbox, whether you think it makes sense or not. That's who it's for.

[Razzer]

That "mat" sticking out the side of the keyboard isn't nearly large enough for mouse movement. I just don't see myself ever using a keyboard and mouse on a couch or recliner.

Who really wants to play console games sitting like this?
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