Video of XFPS: KB and mouse on 360
We ran a story about Team Xtender's XFPS the other day and received some pretty strong reactions. People have mixed feelings about these adapters, which allow the use of a keyboard and mouse on the Xbox 360. On the one hand, you have PC faithful who would love to recreate their favorite control schemes on the 360. Others think that it provides an unfair advantage over control pad users -- some even suggesting that its use be blocked by a firmware update. We understand where both sides are coming from, but for the moment we're just going to say "game and let game." It's also worth noting that cross-platform gaming is going to become more and more common as the 360 and PC adopt Live Anywhere, so this issue isn't going away.
Anywho, TeamXtender has released several videos of the XFPS in action. The first video, embedded at the top of this post, shows you exactly what the XFPS does, as the tester fights the good fight with a little Call of Duty. Two other videos, embedded after the break, show us how the adapter works and how to program commands into your keyboard or mouse. We'll have a review of the XFPS in the future. In the meantime, watch these videos and tell us what you think.
This video demonstrates the XFPS connection process. Unfortunately, it looks like you'll need a wired controller to set it up. Not a deal breaker, but perhaps frustrating for Premium 360 owners.
Keyboard setup looks fairly simple, push the adapter button, the controller button, and the button you want it mapped to on the keyboard. Seems easy enough. For more info, head over to Team Xtender.
