I found this review illuminating (for the Eagle Eye):
Like most I was very excited to read the reviews and watch the demos. I ordered and installed the product, and set everything up properly. The customer support is great, and the new firmware fixed any small issues the product had with jaggedness. There is no lag, and aiming is, technically, more accurate than is possible with a controller.
HOWEVER, I ultimately returned the product. The problem that I haven't seen mentioned is that the main thing that makes using a mouse so much better than a controller simply doesn't translate onto PS3:
On a PC, a mouse is LINEAR. If you move the mouse 2 inches to the right your character turns a certain amount. If you move the mouse 2 inches to the right quickly, the character turns the EXACT SAME AMOUNT, he just does it MORE QUICKLY. This is not the case when using a mouse on Black Ops, Medal of Honor, etc. The Eagle Eye basically translates the "mouse is moving to the right" action into "right analog stick is being pushed to the right." This, in theory, works well. However, on the PS3, the speed of your character's turn depends not on the speed that the mouse moves, nor the distance, but on a fixed in game sensitivity. For example, if you set your sensitivity to 2 in Black Ops, your character can only turn at a certain max speed. If you try to swipe your mouse to the right quickly, the PS3 only understands that the right analog stick is being pushed breifly, and your character will barely move. If you move the mouse relatively slowly, the character will turn farther, because the PS3 thinks the right analog stick has been pushed right for a longer period of time. This is the opposite of how it works on PC, and is very disconcerting. This is no fault of Penguin United, it is simply the way the game undertands inputs, and it cannot be changed unless the game has an option to undestand inputs in a linear way, such as the native mous/kb option in UT3. Ultimately, This was very frustrating/confusing, and I wound up losing more firefights trying to fight this effect and my own inutition than I would have if I had simply used the controller.
I've read a few reviews from most, and it's tricky. I did a lot of research on this a year back and found that there was only ONE product worth buying. It's an emulator so you can use any keyboard and mouse (great since you may need a high dpi mouse to get a decent result. I can't remember the name but it wasn't the Eagle Eye (but similar concept). Mos solutions won't come close to your expectations. Honestly, you might just want to upgrade your PC. It's a great time to buy and I can help you part a build together. Depending on what you have now, you may only need a few parts. You could get awayy with spending under $200 and have a gaming rig capable of BF3 and other new games (with better graphics than PS3 of course).
Let me know if you'll consider a build and I can help. =) Step one, figuring out what you got.
I've always been curious about that split fish controller (Frag Fx). I love the idea of the 4 buttons on the mouse... I'd like to see a controller just like that become standard. That way you have superior aiming (mouse) mixed with superior movement (joystick), all in one. =)
Sometimes I play just like that, with my mouse in one hand, and a controller in the other (PS2 controller with USB converter and Xpadder to customize controls). Works great! and I do it for guests who are scared of keyboard gaming but need convincing that the mouse is vastly superior for FPS games.
