That might be down to the fact that some games really do play out better on a joypad. It might be a heresy to KBM die-hards (myself a former one) and yet it`s true.
If fighting in Jade is a "sport" then so it is in any other game involving combat. Quite a few of them.
To me it`s more about controlling the third person view= easier on a pad in most cases. And it doesn`t have to be on the `consoles`= pads could work perfectly well on the PC too, if only devs could be bothered to tweak interface for pad use.
I never said it was. My first sentence refers to the cases where consoles are superior. The 2nd relates to Jade Empire. There's nothing indicating that Jade Empire should have worse combat on the PC than on consoles except for the fact that it was a poor port.