I also have often been frustrated by the clumsy porting of game console controller functions to keyboard/mouse set-ups

It's always good to have this handy because some ports are just awful for anything but a console controller

I have to hand it to Microsoft on this one - they've really nailed their gamepad design, and I commend their choice to make a product that's compatible with both Windows and the XBox 360.Most PC games are designed to play better with a keyboard and a mouse, but some lazy console ports really work better with a controller.

Mainly this is an issue when a game that was primarily developed for console then ported to PC, but even when they develop a game for PC with console ports in mind the game mechanics can be really annoying with a keyboard and mouse