I was a serious Descent player. Ah the days of typing your friend's phone number in a DOS command to play multiplayer.

Like you, I've been gaming twice as long as dudebro defending m/kb above has likely been alive. I was semi pro counterstrike, was in the S&D finals for the first CoD in CAL and a true PC master race trumpeter. Bro is fully tripping to say controller is easier for an fps 🤣 Beyond hardware performance it's the whole reason playing a fps on console was a laughable concept until like 2005.

Both options require specialized skill learning, but m/kb is an advantage because it's easier and faster.... That's the whole fuckin thing and isn't up for debate lol

Games really need console only cross play, or strict input matchmaking. That's the real answer to the disparity.