The Switch 2's Mouse Controls Could Make it an FPS-Friendly Console

The last time Nintendo truly broke ground in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre was with GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 -- and that was in 1997. Since then, other consoles took the lead with better controllers for shooters, with Nintendo's trailing. Now, the reveal of the Switch 2's Joy-Cons are giving the publisher a real chance to compete in the shooter market once again. Nintendo hasn't strayed from porting major FPS games to the Switch. Classic games Doom and Quake are available alongside contemporary titles like Superhot and Dusk. The hybrid console even runs Overwatch 2 (albeit poorly), allowing gamers to take player-vs-player hero shooter action on-the-go. But many other major FPS series didn't make it onto the Switch. Perhaps this is because the family-friendly perception of the console or the hardware limitations compared to more powerful Xbox and PlayStation consoles. What's equally likely is that the Joy-Con design just doesn't support an FPS control scheme for long pl ... Read full article.