Thinking about ditching the controller for keyboard and mouse? Here's what actually matters before you make the switch.

Rob is Lead Features Editor at DualShockers, and has been playing games since hijacking his sister's NES in the early 90s. Instead of outgrowing them, decided to make a life out of ranting about them.

For quite a while, getting a tablet and a mouse was associated with desktops. After all, notebooks came with their own keyboards and point-and-click mechanisms (trackballs, trackpads, and so on), and ...

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