Bodhesatva said:
ssj12 said:
Bodhesatva said:
As a PC gamer, I've always chuckled at the notion that, say, God of War II and Grand Theft Auto players are more "serious" or hardcore." From my perspective, you're all casual. "Hard core" video gamers, to me, make a living playing video games, or at the very least, play those games 10+ hours a day. I have always felt the bulk of Playstation 2 owners were in some nebulous center area: not children, by any means, but also not serious gamers. My personal opinion -- Video game consoles, in general, alienate hardcore gamers, not just the Wii. It's not the right venue for it. Personally, I pay 400 dollars a year to make sure my PC gaming rig is up to date and keeps me competitive in the world of professional gaming. THAT is hardcore, and it's something that consoles (and, particularly I think, gamepads instead of mouse/keyboards) have never provided. |
interesting opinion on what HardCore is but frankly I disagree. A hardcore gamer is someone who has played games through multiple generations on many different systems. You might say professional gamers are hardcore.. they arent.. half of them never played Pong or PacMan in their lives. There just Professional Gamers. I'm a hardcore gamer. I've played competitively (Former Cal-P UT04 1v1) and have owned/played every console since the Atari 2600. |
That's fine. You can certainly have your opinion of the definition, and I can have mine. |
I'm going to have to agree with ssj12. Your definition is more of a "Hardcore PC Gamer." If you feel like spending $400 annually, all the power to you man. This is one reason why people in a way flock to consoles because developers have to manipulate the hardware that is presented to them, whereas, let's be honest some people that make PC games are waiting for that new graphics card. Crysis is making a few people rip their hair out.
PCs just lack traditional RPGs, action/adventure games (And when they do, it's crappy), platformers, and party games.
