You presume 'hardcore gamers' are all some kind of gaming geniuses, wheres as 99.9% of the time it's just a name someone gives themselves because they think they are!!
Plenty of games out there that appeal to the self proclaimed 'hardcore gamer' that are very easy such as Halo, MOH, COD and most other shooters.
Seems the 'hardcore gamer' tag is not used as a reference to how good at games you are but what kind of games you play.







