nine0nine on 13 September 2007
Im sure MS were the first to say the xbox was hardcore, mainly because it was selling badly and was therefore hardcore?, other may have said limited appeal or failing, but there you go.
To me a hardcore gamer is someone who plays obscure titles or goes to great lengths/costs to play a certain game, importing a console to do so etc, NOT someone who sits on his 360 playing the annual fifa, tombraider or even halo.
The NeoGeo was a hardcore console, incredibly expensive, very limited choice of games, anyone buying one of those had to eat, sleep and sweat videogames.
