It's not so much about the keyboard. It's the mouse. If you're use to using a keyboard, you have what, on average 101 keys? 101 different controls. If you're used to it, I don't see how it could be less productive than a controller.

The mouse though, vs the thumb stick or d-pad, there is no real competition. The mouse is more accurate, more responsive, easier to use, and it's more versatile. I don't know how anyone can rightfully say that a thumb stick is better than a mouse.

Don't get me wrong, I don't have a grudge against the controller, I just happen to find the mouse a lot better for my performance than the thumb stick.

Using a controller with analog sticks, you would have to:

-Move the stick a certain distance away from its center position in the direction of the target

-Wait for your character to rotate in that direction

-Move the stick in the opposite direction back to its center position(so to stop the rotation)

-Fire

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On the other hand, using a mouse , all you have to do is:

-Move the mouse a certain distance to the direction of the target

-Fire

Clearly, using a mouse to aim is must less complicated for the following reason:

-You don’t have to “wait for the character to rotate while not doing anything in particular”

-You don’t have to do anything special to stop the rotation after it reaches your target — you simply stop moving the mouse

I use keyboard and mouse with my shooter games. When they show the world champions at all these games, they're always using keyboard and mouse because it give them more control. If the best of the best use it, it's the best.

I never got around to make my keyboard/ mouse cockpit for serious gaming, but as long as its an optical mouse and the keys don't stick, it's great for tactical games and shooters like CS!

I want to write a counterargument, but first I need to know what type of game you are talking about.

If it's a FPS, then the mouse has the benefit of sensitivity, since it takes less to orient yourself than a controller. However, the analog sticks have the benefit of knowing how fast you are moving, since you can only move the sticks so far. I'll acknowledge that this can be resolved by tweaking your sensitivity options.

Secondly, I don't understand this:"Wait for your character to rotate in that direction", for two reasons. First, this happens with both analog sticks and keyboards. Second, that is why you don't just have a mouse or one analog stick: the keyboard/other analog stick is used to move, which can also be used to change your camera angle faster/compensate for the direction change by moving. Anyone who has played an FPS knows that you can't stay still; that leaves you open to attack (unless you are a sniper...)

Ultimately, the choice between analog sticks and mouse + keyboard comes down to playing style. A mouse provides speed, but at higher sensitivities, you lose accuracy. An analog stick also suffers from this problem, but it has the advantage of knowing how much movement of the stick would affect the movement of the camera (since that speed is constant).

There have been a lot of beta keyboard and mice that you don't need a desk to use.

I agree though, until something comes out that allows you to move around more... but how much better does that make a controller to a mouse and keyboard?