oh I thought this was serious thread my fault..... *rolls eye*

Saintelistan86 said: @leo-j You define a hardcore gamer as someone who buys the best system, plays the best games, and dedicates all of his time to them? What?? Aside from dedicating all of his time to games, you pretty much described a casual gamer whose basic knowledge of what a "Good" game is comes from magazine reviews. A true "hardcore" gamer will most likely own every console within a year of their launch and spend their time enjoying games from every genre; particularly games that others might not find as enjoyable. Ya know...like the guys who max out their Xbox live gamerscores. Or the guys who have a save file right before the final boss of every RPG known to exist with their characters at max level....for each different ending. I won't proclaim myself to be hardcore, but I spend more time playing as many games as possible as opposed to the ones that everyone has in their collection.

Ha ha. I agree... After reading some jf the other comments i definately detract myself from being hardcore... but I do keep save files in specific places [I don't play RPGs though]... most notable is just before Dark Link fight in the water temple on OoT.

tarheel91 said: Logically, a core video gamer would be someone who makes up the foundation of the videogame market. It is these gamers that companies depend on to sell games and make profit. It's the casuals, the people who aren't essential, that make a game sell greatly. Continuing with this train of thought, a hardcore game would be one who is essentially the core of the core. They would tend to buy more games than just a core gamer and play more as a result. They are the steel rod supporting the back bone of the handicapped human body of video games. They are the molten inner core of the planet of video games. They are... that's enough comic book-worthy metaphors and parallelism.

Would you call someone that is well off, buys 10 games a week and plays a combination of different games for many hours but never completes any hardcore?

Or is it about the type of game played or how many are completed?

Personally I would say you have to complete several hundred games of various genres over your lifetime before you can be considered hardcore.

Although I have done this I would not consider myself hardcore, it's just a fun activity I happen to be good at.

llewdebkram said: tarheel91 said: Logically, a core video gamer would be someone who makes up the foundation of the videogame market. It is these gamers that companies depend on to sell games and make profit. It's the casuals, the people who aren't essential, that make a game sell greatly. Continuing with this train of thought, a hardcore game would be one who is essentially the core of the core. They would tend to buy more games than just a core gamer and play more as a result. They are the steel rod supporting the back bone of the handicapped human body of video games. They are the molten inner core of the planet of video games. They are... that's enough comic book-worthy metaphors and parallelism. <b>Would you call someone that is well off, buys 10 games a week and plays a combination of different games for many hours but never completes any hardcore?</b> Or is it about the type of game played or how many are completed? Personally I would say you have to complete several hundred games of various genres over your lifetime before you can be considered hardcore. Although I have done this I would not consider myself hardcore, it's just a fun activity I happen to be good at.

It is that type of person that the video game industry is reliant upon.  In the sense of importance to the game industry, they're invaluable.  I actually know of someone who buys about three games a week and is just like that.  Developers love that kind of people.  My point was really to show that the definiton of hardcore is so open that until the argument strictly defines hardcore for that specific situation, it's possible to come up with completely contradictory but logical conclusions.

 

I wish I was cool as Leo J, oh well, there is still time.

I'm a hardcore gamer and Wii is my favorite console, so sue me.

Fimbulvetr said: Leo-J is such an idiot. People like him deserve extermination from this world.

He's just a kid. Don't be so hard on him. I'd ask if you remember how you were at his age, but you don't sound much more mature yourself.

Mario, Metroid and Zelda are some of the best games of their genres, and most gamers like at least one or two of them. Aside from that the console is actually affordable, doesn't require a new TV to get the full experience, and offers an interesting new controller for those of us who've played with the same old gamepad style ever since Nintendo invented it. The games are also not in HD, therefore much cheaper to make, and don't suffer from the under 10 hour curse most big 360/PS3 games do. Third parties are obviously taking their time, but they'll only start getting more interested as time goes by.

Fimbulvetr said: Leo-J is such an idiot. People like him deserve extermination from this world.

 Your very immature.ON topic: I believe a hardcore gamer would buy a wii for the simple fact that it has the best game ever created(SMG), and what hardcore gamer doesnt like nintendo games?

True hardcore would only play with one hand. AND just three fingers at that!

leo-j said: @soriku Im more than sure its HUS. Why doesnt he get a life.

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BTW do you consider yourself a "hardcore" gamer Leo-j?