[taeric]

Ha! I didn't actually do that pun on purpose. Does work, though.

With a controller, though, you don't have to lose contact with the buttons for activation. Even with a keyboard, where you do lose contact, you feel for the activation of the buttons to do so.

More immediately, though, you also have more fingers for rapid fire activation. Some silly math, but if you type upwards of 70wpm, that puts you at about 400 button presses per minute. Not sure how easily that would translate to gestures, as far as speed is concerned.