Hardcore gamers don't exist how you people think.
Being a "Hardcore gamer" has nothing to do with prefrence of games.
Hardcore gamer has to do with usage rates and patterns.
The problem with the reviewers aren't nessisarily they are hardcore gamers... it's that they have no culture of "higher standards" other then "did I personally like this movie" and videogame culture online has largely been based around the same few very niche groups of people.
Even before the Wii came out reviewers didn't speak for the majority it was still a problem. The problem is just more magnified now.








