I disagree that the core market stays loyal.
Where was the Core market when the Gamecube was in last place?
Where did Sega's core market go come Dreamcst?
Core gamers are nothing but Casual gamers who take things more seriously, feel more entitled and often complain more.
When people talk about targeting "core gamers" it's a code word for "niche gamers" that makes niche gamers feel exclusive rather then having weird out of the mainstream tastes.
All consoles target Casuals and only fall back to a "core" position when they aren't winning.








