In my opinion consoles are only good for fun games, Adventures, Jump&Runs or RPGs, but not for any game requiring a direct and precise input.
Generally it's of course possibly to play everything with any device (e.g. I play EB with a graphics tablet and even my joystick works with it, and I even can play action games like BF or UT with my tablet, but it's just not the real deal of course), the question is if it makes sense. Having a relative direct input like a mouse is good for every program where you have to be quick and precise on spots. If the program requires more "feeling" and subtle inputs, go for a throttle control-joystick or a gamepad. A graphic tablet featuring absolute direct input is only in very few games useful (e.g. Paradox strategy games)
Shooters on consoles are extremly weird, having no high reaction input device as a computer mouse there is far less atmosphere and immersive feeling. RPGs or Adventures or some "unconvential" action games featuring indirect controls (e.g. Assassins Creed) are perfect for consoles too, I'm relating to "crosshair"-shooters (including autoaim-games like GTA, one of the dumbest features ever).
Actually, I still don't see the sense of consoles when there are PCs, despite their "party aspect" or when they offer really innovative and unique features like the Wii
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