Are game controllers too complicated?

[Lenny93]

Rogerioandrade said:

Yes, they are. For most people.

I´ve met many people that are interested in console gaming, but don´t play due to the controllers. They are not patient enough to learn to use 06+ different buttons for any given game. 

Of course, for long-time gamers like us, that doesn´t seem an issue because we are already used to modern controllers. But many people still struggle with them and I have the feeling that  this is something that seems to prevent console gaming to be bigger.

If the home console market stops growing, graphics can't keep improving due to the cost restraints, it's not a sustainable business. We've already had a 1/3 decrease of triple A games compared to last generation, it could be worse when 10TFlops becomes the new baseline next generation. Gamers are going to have to deal with more contrived DLC or pay more for their games.