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volrath50 on 26 June 2009
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Ajax said:
volrath50 said:
Ajax said:
People on the internet on gaming sites are the gamers, the real gamers,
guys who play a game once a week before going to the club, you won't find them on GameFAQs and on VGChartz and IGN Boards and stuff.
So who cares what they think. Most of those people can't even tell how many bits a N64 is. lol


Cause, you know, "bits" are the single most important factor in determining the speed, power, success, and overall playability of a console. Hence why there was little difference in the power between the GameBoy Advance and the original Xbox: both were 32 bit. Also why the 64 bit graphics of Goldeneye blew Halo 2 out of the water.


Your comment is completely irrelevant because it doesn't have anything to do with what I said, and you know it.
I talked about basic knowledge we all have, but many people who play games don't.

So saying a GameFAQs or IGN users poll doesn't say anything because it represents a minority is nonsense because it is THIS minority who's got more knowledge and more playing-hours than all those others.

But somehow you seem not to understand this.

It's like saying the opinion of proffesional drivers about cars is not more knowledgeable than casual drivers, cause they are a minority.
If that would be true, then proffesionalism wouldn't matter in any subject but it does, doesn't it?

 


Point 1: I was pointing out that you picked an absolutly irrelevant piece of technical knowledge. While the N64 was marketed as 64 bit, the whole "bit" crap does nothing for gaming. Period. I could ask you what the speed of the 3DO's CD drive is, what the clock speed of the SNES's CPU was, etc. (All of which are more relevant to gaming than "bits") So basically, you tried to show your superiority by attempting to create a strawman to laugh at, but failed on two accounts: technical knowledge is largely irrelevant to enjoying a game, and the bit of technical knowledge you chose was extra irrelevant, showing you just have marketing fed to you.

 

Point 2: Whether they spend more time gaming or not is ultimately irrelevant to sales, except in the way that a "hardcore" gamer is more likely to buy more games. Either way, you expect to be catered to because you care more about gaming, or some crap like that. Ultimately, what that does is make "hardcore" gamers a niche market, that does get games, but ultimately isn't the only one.

 

Point 3: I'm not sure if my second point is even relevant, I forget if you were actually implying that or not, it's just that sort of elitist mentality that bugs me. One of the bigger things I hate in World of Warcraft (which I played up until 6 months ago) is a subgroup of whiny "hardcore" players that expected Blizzard to cater to them, and throw the majority of players under a bus, simply because they played more and whatnot.

 

Point 4: I apologise if I've gotten horribly offtopic, and/or took my WoW annoyances out on you, but only if you weren't making the arguements that I think you were. I frankly can't even remember what this discussion was even about. At this point I'm just largely typing whatever falls out of my  brain.