Quote Originally Posted by Enigmus View Post
So, it's really easy for a 11 year old to play with 6 button combinations in Halo 3, yet it's really hard for them to use an Atari 2600 joystick, with only a stick and one button?
I'll play devil's advocate and say yes, if only because it feels so different. As someone who started gaming with mostly NES and didn't have much exposure to arcades, I'm still most at home with a controller that evolved from that NES pad design. I have gone backwards to system prior to NES and have also picked up arcade sticks, but I don't think my hands will ever feel 100% comfortable with them. I can't fault kids born many years later from me even. At this point we're probably getting kids that aren't even fully comfortable with D-pads. It's sad, but I'd say it's easier to get someone to open their mind to the look and sound of old games than to get them to adapt to something that's physically awkward to them.