Malstrom: Hardcore are the casuals!

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KungKras said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

KungKras said:

Alterego-X said:
There was nothing new in this part of the article, even Malstrom talked about it before, and basically everyone who is not too biased with the current casual-hating, should admit that.

There is even that Yahtzee-inspired signature and its parodies appearing, with the "console peasant" and the "PC master race"!

I just like how this article highlights the hypocrasy in using the term "hardcore"

There is no hypocrisy in being a hardcore gamer. Hardcore gamers are just people who are gaming hobbyists and would rather have challenges in gaming, than just simplistic casual play. I've spoken to many casuals and their main gripe with the 360 and PS3 is the games that make use of all the buttons. It's kind of like how PC guys feel about console people, but fail to realize that consoles and PC are two different things that offer a similar style of entertainment.

So am I a "hardcore" Golf player because I have golf as a hobby? I thought that "hobby" was the very definition of playing something casually!

Consoles are PC Lite, (as stated by someone else) They offer a 'casualized' form of the same entertainement that PC's do. Sure, some games play better on consoles, like fighters, but to play fighters "hardcore", most people doesn't even use a console controller, they use an arcade stick. The games that sell on consoles are dumbed down PC games, like first person shooters, so much for the console players being "hardcore".

A hobby is something you do primarily outside of work for pleasure. Consoles may be PC lite, but they have a hardcore following and thats why devs like Valve came over to console gaming. It will continue to become more hardcore. It will make you go crazy. It will make your eyes pop out. You will rip games off of your PC torrent while crying.