XBL's Toulouse: Hardcore gamers have been 'wrong a lot for past 10 years'

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makingmusic476 said:

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"I have one thing to say to the hardcore gamer who says Kinect has nothing for them," said Toulouse while discussing concerns about Kinect on Major Nelson's latest podcast. "Those games will have achievements, so don't tell me you're not going to play at least some of them, you hardcore gamers out there. I know you will."

But Toulouse later suggested that the hardcore audience, who largely expect Kinect to underperform and under deliver when it launches in November, had been "wrong a lot" about market trends and successes "for the past ten years",

"Let's go back and look at the track record of the hardcore gamer," he continued.

"Shipping a console with an Ethernet port? Oh, it'll never succeed. Paying for multiplayer? Oh no, that's not good. I don't like avatars; I won't buy anything that goes to my avatar. The Wii... I mean no offence hardcore gamers, you've kinda been wrong a lot for the past ten years.

From what I understand, the gist of what he is saying here is that despite "hardcore" complaining in the past, once the content is actually presented to them and they actually play it rather than bash it, they will come to like Kinect.

In other words, they don't know what is good for them. They think they no everything, but truly know nothing. In comparison to "casual" gamers, the hardcore are the true suckers. All you need to do is throw a map pack or some downloadable color options their way and they suck em like pacifiers. Give em some achievements and they'll keep their mouths closed.