[games_access] Nolan Bushnell Quote
Barrie Ellis
barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk
Mon Apr 24 15:51:27 EDT 2006
Interesting quote from a recent speech Nolan Bushnell gave (founder of
Atari):
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/diec-2005/diec-ataris-founder-slams-sony-praises-nintendo-140629.php
In 1982, he tells us, there were 44 million [US] gamers. Today, there are 18
million. Where'd they all go? "Complexity lost the casual gamer," he says.
"Violence lost the woman gamer." He ventures into Nintendo territory, even
slamming the PS2 controller. "The 3D controller that Nintendo is on to is a
very good idea," he says. "If you look at today's controller with triangles,
Xs, squares and circles, it's scary. It's like a keyboard. People are
interface phobic."
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