Malstrom: Mega Man herald of apocalypse (but game won't be all that great)

[Soma]

Legend11 said:

Soma said:

"Bozon saying Mega Man 2 is ‘hardcore’ sounds like he is using the reasoning of “since I am hardcore and I like this game, therefore, this game must be hardcore”. Some might say, “But Malstrom! Mega Man 9 is hard! Therefore, it is only for hardcore!” Oh please. Everyone agrees that the early NES games were hard and that the NES users were mostly children. Are you telling me that children, most of whom had little to no experience in video games, were ‘hardcore’ in the 1980s? Of course not."

 

^^THIS. END OF DISCUSSION

 

 Wow, everytime I read something of Malstrom's I'm surprised at just how much he's wrong and yet people still spread the nonsense.  Hardcore isn't defined by a person's age.  Many of those "children" were hardcore because they lived on videogames. 

Also I didn't bother to read the rest of Malstrom's article (verbose nonsense) but I'm going to assume that he's ignorant of games such as Pac Man Championship Edition and Galaga Legions because what he has written makes no sense when they are considered.

Another ridiculous Malstrom article, why is his nonsense still being spread?  At least manure is useful.  Hey maybe I should start calling Malstrom "Manure" because they're both full of sh*t.

 

He didn't defines "hardcore" by a person's age. But is probable the younger you are, the less experienced you'll be in something, in this case videogames. I don't think 5 year old kids were more experienced than 12 year old, do you? So how a young inexperienced kid could be considered hardcore? Because they lived on videogames? But if they were new to that entertainment..... OK, if you're right then kids have ALWAYS been hardcore gamers right? Today kids playing Wii Sports, Wii Music, Wii Fit are hardcore gamers too, right?

 

Look again at the definition of hardcore:

"Christensen would define as the ‘undershot’ customers. These gamers like the current trajectory of the industry and want graphics to be more beautiful and games to be more sophisticated."

 

Kids don't care of this things, they just want fun games. They are not hardcore, but very active consumers.