“We have contacted both first-party console manufacturers and expressed our concern.”
Blizzard has come forward to speak out against the use of mouse and keyboard controls when playing its popular team-based shooter, Overwatch on console.
“The Overwatch team objects to the use of mouse and keyboard on console,” Overwatch game director and Blizzard VP Jeff Kaplan said in a post on the game’s official forums.
Kaplan went on to note that the studio has already reached out to Microsoft and Sony and “expressed [its] concern” with players using “input conversion devices” to enable mouse and keyboard play on Xbox One and PS4.
“We have lobbied and will continue to lobby for first-party console manufacturers to either: Disallow mouse and keyboard and input conversion devices or openly and easily support mouse and keyboard for ALL players,” he added.
The Blizzard exec concluded by encouraging fans to express their concern to Microsoft and Sony as well, and to do so “in a productive and respectful way.”
For more on Overwatch, which now boasts over 25 million players, check out Terry Crews’ mock audition for what will likely be the game’s next character, Doomfist.
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Source: IGN Video Games
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