JaggedSac on 19 July 2008
| Hawkeye said: I read it beofre, I'm not going to reread it. Casual term isn't a mistake, just becuase they have been around before doesn't make the term wrong. Hardcore is a mistake; there were hardcore gamers in the Snes days, its not like the appeared this gen, its just that now Hardcore is considered to mean the teenage FPS crowd. Nintendo is destroying the competion because Nintendo disrupted the market by going after casuals first, and by focusing on casuals. Typically, consoles go after the hardcore, build a base, lower prices, and then appeal to the casuals (this is clearly the strategy Microsft is employing for the 360) This would seem bad for the hardcore gamer becuase it makes them less important, but in reality they are just as important, and their long term viability is increased due to market expenison. A healthy market makes for happy gamers. |
Nicely put.
