Even if the consoles have taken over the gaming market, some still prefer the old-fashioned PC as a gaming device. They seem unable to let go of their mouse and keyboard. So, XCM came to the rescue and developed a device that allows you to hook up your mouse and keyboard to an Xbox 360.

This news comes via teamxbox, reporting that this is not an authorized peripheral. Besides attaching a mouse and a keyboard to the Xbox 360, it allows you to hook up an PlayStation 2 Dual Shock controller to the Microsoft console. Kinda ironic, don't you think?

This might come in handy for gamers, as some games like Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, which were initially meant for PCs are coming to the Xbox 360. Frankly, I can't quite figure out how you can play a real-time strategy like Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on a console, Half-Life I would manage, but Command & Conquer? No way! Thanks XCM for this adapter.

This adapter could give the Xbox 360 an edge over its competitors, the PS3 and the Wii. If you were to ask me, I would choose an Xbox 360 in a heartbeat over any PS3 or even a Wii. I don't know, it has a larger appeal to me, considering the fact that it can cope from a graphics point of view with both the Wii and the PS3, even if it was launched almost a year ago. The 360 also has a highly competitive online downloading system, thing which Sony only dreams of. They have plans to release such an online system but we will have to wait some more.