MWR: the core market didnt shift

[bazmeistergen]

Ail said:

bazmeistergen said:
@Ail: MW is a big seller and MW2 is even bigger, but it is a mainstream game not simply a core one. The core market is a bit of an illusion really. Many people that buy the big 'core' IPs are casual players that will drift away from gaming. There is such a thing as a teen and 20 year old casual market. They might not buy Wii Fit but they do buy GTA and COD.

Some of those casual players are playing in a non casual way then.

I've spent around 6 hours playing MW2 online.

I'm ranked 4 millionth on the PSN leaderboard ( and MW2 has only sold like 5.4 million units on the PS3 so far)

That is a lot of players that spent hella lot of time online .....

 

The thing I wanted to point out is that since last year HD console ownership increased and as a result MW2 sales are beating CoD4.
Wii ownership increased too ( and Reflex may not have gotten advertising but everything CoD related is getting a lot of indirect advertising with MW2) but Reflex sales aren't doing a lot better than WaW, so there isn't much reason to rejoice... 

I agree that teens and early undergraduate students play in a non-casual casual way. They have more free time, but I can assure you they will only know the big games and will perhaps buy a handful of games. This is the traditional casual gamer market. i.e. They don't game as a hobby.

I'm happy with the games coming out over the next year, so I'm not fussed if big 'core' games come or not. I'm happy with my niche core and occasional franchise games and nintendo numbers.