[100_Percent_Juice]

I think that the main point in the guys post is that instruments as we know them today are made to produce a certain sound, not to fit well on a human body. A game controller is first and foremost designed to fit comfortable into human hands. Then to provide function. I doubt when the first guitars were being made someone said "hey I want to make a piece of wood fit snug against my body...and then lets try to get some sound out of this piece!" Most instruments require that your body be situated in an awkward position to play the instrument. Look at the violin, it makes you pinch a piece of would between your head and shoulder and outstretch your arm like your having a seizure. Comfortable? Ergonomic? no.

Also I don't think he was claiming that the controller would destroy all other instruments in the future. I think he was merely saying that it has potential to be something greater than its perceived to be today.

I agree that playing rockband is not the equivalent of playing or making music. Just like I agree that playing Dance Dance Revolution doesn't make you a dancer. A game controller is just a tool like any other instrument. It probably will be used to make music in the future, I mean damn its only been around since the 70's where as string instruments have been traced all the way back to the Egyptians. Its just a baby Dean. A baby in search of a home.