Harrison: Non-gamers see controllers as live guns

[Bodhesatva]

Played_Out said:
"I wish there wasn't so many buttons on the controller. You have to approach that in design terms by thinking you've only got one button,"

No. Just no.

Making simple control schemes does not improve games in any way, it just makes them appeal to the lowest common denominator, which is exactly what shameless commercialists want. They are trying to appeal to the most people, when they should be trying to appeal to the best people.

Resist the dumbening!

You mean like Go? A game with precisely one single mechanic?

Resist being obtuse!