It doesn't matter how well a video game is designed if you can't control it properly. And history has as many bad controllers as great ones.
Top 20 Worst Video Game Controllers of All Time
Most people play games on their phones, which means most of us play with touchscreens, which are truly terrible game controllers unless the game is designed for touch. And that’s the key point.
Nintendo, the absolute champion of game controllers, knows that the controller defines the kind of games made for a console.
The Wii, for example, would have been a mere subpar follower, easily beaten out by the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But the Wiimote's motion-sensing controller opened up a whole new class of games and turned the Wii into an instant hit. So controllers are a big deal.
