What Difficulty Level do you play a game on?

[SaviorX]

If it is a relatively short game, and I beat it on normal, I playthrough on Hard. If someone else beats the game in front of me (RE4), I play it myself on a harder difficulty.

Also, if you get goodies of any kind from a second playthrough on Hard, I might try that, but for default settings, I always start off on Normal.