Thanks, what the Kotaku article didn't mention that I wanted to stress is that gaming is a social thing -- people want to game with their friends. Even all major game publishers include native mouse and keyboard support, that doesn't "solve" their issue.
What I don't understand about these arguments is that, by their definition, no one plays on a "level" playing field. Elite controllers, thumbstick extensions, higher resolution monitors, better headsets, steering wheels, etc. If you are talking about PC too -- higher refresh rate, higher DPI mice, more mouse buttons, higher polling rate, etc. What's great about consoles that people don't see is that it has a single unified restricted aiming system. You cannot go beyond that. You cannot break those rules -- unlike on PC.