This is EXACTLY how I got into gaming.
I was a little kid, maybe 2/3 and I remember him playing A Link To The Past. I loved watching him play. He would let me hold the controller and do things and eventually we started playing games together (Spy vs Spy) even though I had no idea what I was doing.
Eventually played games like Star Wars Podracer with me when I was a little older, even though he was absolute garbage at videogames. Dude just wanted to hang out with me and see me smile.