Can controllers be a barrier for new players to videogames?

[Baroque_Dude]

I think that if someone wants to play videogames, must get used to the controllers. If someone really wants to play videogames, he/she won't feel frustrated, unless the controller/gameplay is utter crap.

Sometimes I chuckle when I remember my mother trying to play by tilting and moving the PSX controller, frowning and sticking her tongue out. She finally got into it.