In a recent interview, Dennis Shirk, executive producer for Sid Meier's Civilization 7, addressed the exciting possibility that the upcoming Switch 2 Joy-Con could operate as a PC mouse. He acknowledged the trade-offs associated with console controls while expressing enthusiasm for the innovations in controller design. Given the popularity of Civilization on PC, its developers at Firaxis are well-positioned to explore the potential of this new feature. Such functionality could enhance gameplay, particularly for strategy and simulation genres, although there are concerns regarding the Switch 2's overall processing power.
It is definitely intriguing. You always do some trade-offs when you have to deal with pure console controls. I think it looks awesome and they're not wrong.
If any studio were to test out this potential Switch 2 functionality, Civilization developer Firaxis would be a good choice for something like that.
The potential for the Switch 2 Joy-Con doubling as a mouse is exciting as it could rectify the imprecision of gamepad controls in strategy games.
Although strategy games can translate well to consoles, the benefits of using a mouse could extend to point-and-click games and even more hardcore simulators.
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