Millennium said:
This is where I think the article is mistaken. The so-called "core gamer" DOES seek the eradication of the casual: to push everyone but them away from gaming again just as they did ten years ago. There is no true threat to the core, not even if casuals are catered to, but the core imagine a threat that people who Aren't Like Them will get into gaming, and this scares them to death, because for all that Nintendo was inflammatory when they described the core demographic as "anti-social teens," one thing they weren't is incorrect. The industry and its core demographic is ailing, and the cure is an infusion of new blood and the resulting socialization of the core. |
The industry was growing year after year without need of the Wii and its "social gamers".
I dont think core gamers want to erradicate casual gamers.I can live with things like Wii Sports,Singstar and Buzz being around.But what the core gamer doesnt want to see is the focus of gaming to change to casual offerings and the bread and butter of the software developers to invest their money and energy into the so called casual gaming that is many times little else that cheap shovelware.Seeing things like the Training games or Nintendogs always at the top and many developers trying to jump on that bandwagon is seen with some fear by core gamers ,and with some reason.If casual games proved to be far more profitable that expensive core games the amount of cash and time spent on the later could be greatly reduced .Its simple economics,and thats what the core gamer fears .Luckily it isnt happening due to the high selling power of the traditional industry and the concrete purchasing trends of the casual gamers(they buy all the same and once they have their lot they are happy with it and dont buy much if anything more in years) .
