KnifeMissile

I'm currently playing Banjo-Kazooie and it is a marvelous game. It has an immersive environment, diverse gameplay, and a fun story. The only problem with it is that it's too damn difficult. More specifically, it's not very forgiving at times. Twice, I've lost more than an hour of my time due to simple mistakes. Now, for an adult who has precious little time out of life to indulge in games, this is incredibly frustrating. How can anyone design a game this way? I thought games were supposed to be fun? Does anyone find wasting their time fun? I felt as though the developers made certain challenges so that only hardcore gamers who have had enough free time to play these games like full time jobs could succeed because they only want the elite few to ever finish them. That's how it felt and I found it insulting and frustrating.

This just reminded me of all the other times a game did this to me.
Ico was another brilliant game and, again, there were times where it was really unforgiving. Am I the only person who thinks that Ico would have been a better game if you never had to fight the ghosts and , instead, just wandered around the castle trying to discover how to advance?
WipeOut was another cool game that was fun to play, as long as you never made a mistake. If your car touches anything, even slightly, your car would completely halt and you'd have no hope of winning the race. So, you either played a race perfectly or you failed. Again, not fun!

The list goes on. Is it so hard to find a fun and relaxing game that an ordinary person can play? Is there no market for such a thing?