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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 August 2009
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KungKras said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
KungKras said:
 

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.

A hobby is something you do casually, duh! Please, explain to me what you mean by "hardcore following" and why exactly that following is so "hardcore". Valve did not come over to console gaming because it was more "hardcore", they simply noticed that the Xbox consoles used the PC architecture, and that PC like games on consoles sells well. It was a no-brainer to throw console gamers a bone by porting some of their PC games.

yea, riiiiiiiiiiiight. I will go crazy, as consoles becomes more "hardcore" LOL that is wrong on so many levels. Unless by "Hardcore", you mean niche.

The only thing I could make out of what you wrote is that the "hardcore/Casual" brainwashing really has gotten to you.

Um no. To be casual you are either doing something by chance, indifferent or irregularly. To be a hobbyist you have a regular passion outside of profession. It's what keeps you happy and something you focus on. If you do a hobby casually...that isn't your hobby. That is just doing something casually with indifference towards growth. Hobbyists actually care and spend time on what they do apart from profession. Hobbyists collect, play, work on and do everything (usually without even getting paid for it, because of the love for what it is they are into).