What are the differences between a hardcore and a casual gamer?

[Soma]

xman said:
Someone who finished Ninja Gaiden hardcore gamer

 

The NES one?

 

On topic, for me Casual gamers are NOT noobs (not all of them), they like games but for them gaming is only a hobby. They can play ALL type of games, FPS, sports, music, puzzles, it doesn't matter. They can also spend all their weekend playing videogames, but in the end for them is only a hobby.

Hardcore/Core gamers see videogames as one, if not the most, important hobby. I think the difference between this two is that hardcore games want every game to have the best graphics, sound, story, while those things for the Core gamers have become a commodity, so they prefer gameplay over those things.