I never claimed that I'm not a minority here (I probably am). I'm just stating that I find M&K to be more precise solution in these two games most of the time. I'll admit that lock-on controls could be better though.

FWIW, I checked the Steam hardware survey and amazingly they do not collect this information. How the fuck do developers decide whether shit like this is "worth it" or not? I know it's not "Steam's" job... well fuck it, it sorta is, they sell a gaming tool set. I know MS is gonna encourage it but testing is still not "free".

I also think all PC games should have the best mouse and kb controls possible. They're just damn torture for some games, I quit trying years ago and don't regret it. And by "quit" I mean quit trying to use the control set the devs didn't bother to use during development, because 90% of the time if that's not what they were using at their workstations the experience ends up being shitty.

I heard a few games avoided this fate (Prototype supposedly had good mouse and kb controls) but I'm just through trying, gives me fucking hand cramps anyway.

2 millions in sales required to break even probably means the game had a budget of around $30 million, which is actually typical for a modern PS3, Xbox 360, PC game...

If it was a Wii or 3DS game, the budget would be around $5 million. Of course, indie games for the PC also have low budgets.

You hate keyboards as gaming devices though. Unlike Devil May Cry, Darksiders is quite playable with a keyboard and mouse. The fast mouselook even makes it superior to the gamepad in some ways, though I still think it loses overall*. I have no idea why Vigil did this but it was greatly appreciated by me as remotejoy was not compatible with this game for some time after it's release.

*Ruin's controls were obviously overlooked on m&kb and pulling off the button mashing finisher QTE for final boss on a full travel keyboard is like enduring the torture scene in Metal Gear Solid.
There's no such thing as a gaming keyboard. Well, maybe the red ones go faster. Just get something with decent switches and n-key rollover. Most bundled keyboards are crap and useless for typing too.

Truly oldschool PC games were mostly keyboard only.

I still think it is too much.

I have an Ideazon (now Steelseries) Merc Stealth, it's not "pure gaming" by any means, but it's a compromise stating that sometimes I need to type, but standard keyboards are unpleasant in a lot of games. Any game that plays well with a keyboard should play even better on one of those bad boys.

I recall oldschool "PC" games (and this is where some will quibble about what constitutes a PC, I usually go with: anything that's clearly not a console and serves some general purpose computing needs) playing with joysticks and all kinds of things. People tend to remember games like Ultima III and not The Legend of Blacksilver (which player way better if you had a joystick as well). True, not very many played solely with alternate input devices (well okay, a lot actually did), but there's been a lot more than just mouse and keyboard if you look back to our days our yore.