Has Nintendo Lost the Hardcore Gamer? article by IGN

[KichiVerde]

mike_intellivision said:

Soma said:

KichiVerde said:
I think everyone is missing the point of this thread. There should be two things everyone here needs to ask themselves:

1. Do you consider yourself a hardcore gamer and why?

2. If so, are you satisfied with the Wii and why?

 

1. No, because I've been playing nonstop for over 20 years, and gaming was becoming boring and repetitive to me.

2. Yes, because it made gaming fresh and new to me again.

 

I understand "hardcore gamer" to the person that is still satisfied with the traditional gaming. In that way Nintendo did not appeal to the hardcore gamer. But Nintendo didn't abandoned the Core gamer either, they are satisfying traditional gamers that were getting bored of videogames, and at the same time they are satisfying new gamers.

 

1. I don't know what a "hardcore" gamer is. But I have played almost everything and been playing for more than 30 years. (Yes, I starated on pong clones that ate quarters).

2. I referred to the Wii as a "little white box of joy. It does everything I want it to well enough for me. And it gives many thigns a fresh spin.

So I am far more like Soma than KichiVerde.

Mike from Morgantown

 

 

"Hardcore" gamer?  Well, I guess this is a very subjective word, and not everyone will take it to mean the same thing.  And to be honest I really dont like the word so much for that reason.  What I should have been saying is "veteran" gamer.  And in my opinion I would consider that to be someone who has consistently played video games for 15 years or more on most consoles and or PC. So that would be at least from the days of the SNES and Sega Genisis onward.

I think the vast majority of happy Wii users do not fit in to the "veteran" category, whereas the the vast majority of dissatisfied Wii users do.