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Well, it’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time to look back at the past week’s worth of stellar reader insight, compliments of our stellar readers (That’s you!).
The week started with a classic debate: hardcore vs. casual gamers. Reader lowkevmic brought a harsh but fair perspective to the discussion when he pointed out:
People kill me with this core/serious gamer nonsense. If you guys are such core gamers, then you should be open to play anything that's fun. That's what a real gamer is. Just because all you play is Modern Warfare, God of War, Halo, or any other mainstream blockbuster game, that doesn't make you a core gamer. In fact if all you play is one particular genre, only one console, and unwilling to try new things that you really know nothing about. Then wouldn't that make you a casual gamer?
Tuesday, Nintendo announced that the Wii has now sold over 30 million units in the US, a mighty impressive achievement that, as reader whosdavingo pointed out, proves why Nintendo has managed to remain the dominate hardware maker for several years running:
Nintendo was able to be incredibly successful in a virtually untapped market. While I was one of those "hardcore" Nintendo fans that felt alienated by the new direction the company was taking, I appreciate their courage to separate themselves from their competitors and appeal to a larger audience of people who would normally wouldn't play games. Congrats Nintendo.
It’s always good to mix things up with a little silly, and reader Wozman23 certainly did the job in the following comment about the recent Yakuza 3 review by members of the Yakuza:
I'd like to see this done more often, especially dogs playing Nintendogs.
And then we ended with the week with some “disappointing” news that id Software’s Rage won’t be out until September of next year, but as DevilishBoredom reminded us, developers do their best work when they have time to do so:
Id can take as long as they want to finish this one. Because I know when I go to hand over the cash to purchase it, I'm going to be 100% sure that my money was well spent. Hell even if it did release right this second it be worth every single cent. But still, I can stand to wait it out, I'll still be too busy rockin New Vegas till then to notice much.
And that, folks, is what I call another solid week of using the ol' noodle. Feel free to waste your minds for the rest of the day, but be sure to report bright and early tomorrow as Gamescom 2010 is nearly upon us, and we'll need you all in top form this week. Anyone got anything they'd raaaather be doin' than prepping for Gamescom 2010 week?!
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NortheastMonk
Hardcore gamers can have one console. Its called importing and experience.
BONERJAM
IMO the whole labeling of "hardcore" gamer and "casual" gamer is pretty childish and stupid. I play a large variety of games on various systems so I consider myself a gamer, nothing more and nothing less.
Wozman23
Atavax came close to my definition of hardcore.
A hardcore gamer is simply someone who eats, sleeps and breathes gaming. They make it a top priority to put a large amount of their free time into gaming. For some people that may be 40+ hours a week, others maybe only have time for 5 hours if they are busy. They may only own 1 console; they may own them all. They may play a couple games in a single genre; they may play various genres and enjoy downloading games. It's not what they play; it's how excited they are to play it. They also have to been eager and excited to hear about new games and news surrounding the gaming industry, much like the commenters here.
Also, hardcore gamers aren't fanboys. They may have a favorite console, but they respect everyone's console or gaming preference whether they agree with it or not.
ParanoiDave
@lowkevmic
You're spot on with that. I personally don't consider myself "hardcore" due to the fact that so many people misuse the word. Most of my friends consider themselves hardcore, yet all they play is Modern Warfare 2, Halo, and any other FPS for that matter. The self-proclaimed "hardcore gamer" is quick to dismiss titles like LittleBigPlanet or Flower as "casual games", but I feel it's because all he knows is "pwning n00bs". It's almost as if a game's appeal to the "hardcore gamer" (or at least the ones misusing the term) directly corresponds to its ESRB rating or how many guns it has in it.
ControlV
I can't side with anyone who believes they're a core gamer for playing Halo or MW2 all the time. If anything they're the most casual of all. Very few of them are open to things that make games interesting. Such as Flower, Deathspank, LBP, and so much more. Though intensity has a huge part to do with being a core gamer, I can't say waiting long enough to get the most broken gun in MW2 makes you one of them.
Atavax
i think hardcore simply denotes time invested and possibly the state of mind of the gamer. someone that plays videogames 50 hours a week is more hardcore then someone who players 5 hours of videogames a week regardless the amount of games either is playing with those amounts of time. And then there is the competitive side, someone who is trying to improve their performance drastically is more hardcore then someone who doesn't care how he performs and just enjoys playing and socializing with his friends.
rayden4444
extortion basically.
rayden4444
Semantics of Hardcore as in a devout love of something and or blind loyalty to the point you feel it completes your entertainment need, and you prefer a flavor. If all I drank every time I went to a resturant and order Dr. Pepper (as I'm sure millions do) does that not make them hardcore Dr. Pepper drinkers!? My point more on topic, is that I enjoy military shooters but I don't like all of them for instance I don't like Modern Warefare, yet I love Battlefield Bad Company 2 and am comfortable only playing that game. So it's games like these to make money have to come out with charging people for DLC.
bolo73
I play games that casual users would not play, but love some the casual games as well. The issue I do have with casual games in general is they take funding and talent away from new games (either a new IP or another game in a series). This is do to resources being scarce (money and talent). So with a opportunity cost being casual games are/were on the rise do you forgo the games for the hard core? Do you try and make a grab at the casual fan base money?
Rogue4Twenty
Agreed. I cant help but play every game I come across. Usually equals out to about a game every 2 weeks. There are just too many great stories out there (Alpha Protocol, Transformers: WFC, etc) to stick with any one game.
Ikarus
It makes the most sense for the descriptions core/casual/hardcore gamers to be used by game distributors. core gamers are those that enjoy hugely successful games, casual gamers are those that enjoy not as popular games of all genres, and hardcore gamers are those that'll buy anything as long as it's from the right game (Halo Reach xbox 360, halo helmt, modern warfare night goggles). The game distributors then design products for each of these three types of gamers and then make billions. In the mean time the gamers squabble about the three different types of gamers because....well, I don't know why. Why is everyone doing that?
OneEyedJohnny
@lowkevmic
I don't agree with your statement at all. IMO If all you play are FPS's then you are a hardcore FPS fan. If all you play is a little bit of this and a little bit of that, then you are a casual gamer. A jack of all trades and a master of none.
KillerHurdz
Opinions are good, and in my opinion, he is wrong.
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