"The Best Interview in the Universe"

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Phoenix_Wiight said:

mrstickball said:
Funny. He lobbies that 'hardcore' on the 360 aren't really hardcore...Yet if you looked at Wii sales, or PS3 sales, it's going to be the same thing - hotly-marketed games rather than niche titles (hence why they're niche).

But it was a good read, even if he rails against the X360 and forgets that a lot of niche titles exist on the system (Beautiful Katamari, Culdcept Saga).

ya, I pretty much agree with what noname2200 said, hes not comparing the hardcoreness of the 360 to anything. hes just saiyng that 360 fans call themselves so hardcore when in reality, most of them arent.

But he's arguing that 'hardcore' means something different than what it actually is. Hardcore means that your the core group of, or a die-hard of something. He argues that the type of games make you hard core. They do not.

He's mixing up 'niche' or 'cult' gamer with 'hardcore'. Playing Katamari Damacy or Okami does not make you a hardcore gamer. It makes you a gaming snob. Playing Katamari Damacy for 2hrs every day till you perfect it, makes you hardcore. The game does not matter as much as the way it's taken: He argues some of the 360 games are mass-marketed, and they are, but they are focused on capturing a gamers' attention in a way that makes the gamer play for hours on end. That makes a gamer hardcore, I think.