Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
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.
The reverse is true, too. I was a NES kid, but I had some exposure to Atari / Coleco.

I got my PS2 in 2006 or so, and uh, I still can't get used to the damn analog sticks. I keep ramming them as fast as they'll go. My brain can't process "press the stick just a tad", I just push the stick as far as it'll go. Likewise with the Dreamcast's L/R buttons and the Dual Shock 2's pressure sensitive buttons. I hate them. >_<