In a recent chat about Gears of War 2’s multiplayer features, CliffyB spoke with Computer and Video Games about the similarities between the abundance of buttons and design of game controllers and alien space ships?

“I hope if there’s a new Xbox that there’ll be fewer buttons on the controller,” and “This is purely me speculating in my own realm of game development, but if you look at a controller right now it looks like an alien spaceship,”

Cliff goes on to talk about other ways of making controllers interactive and more intuitive: much like the motion control for the Wii, built-in cameras and, well less buttons in general.

I think Cliffy has a good point there, but I honestly have no issues with the current design of the 360 or PS3 controller – but maybe that’s because I’ve been gaming for almost 3 decades. Maybe that’s one appealing factor to new gamers and the Nintendo Wii: They don’t have to sit there for hours fiddling with a plethora of buttons and triggers just to make it through a stage.

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