Playstation 3 Demographic More Diverse Than Xbox 360 Demographic?

[Michael-5]

Ostro said:

d21lewis and Michael-5 know what's good :)
If I may add a thought I had already years ago: isn't it more like people who play FPS and "AAA" only are the real casual gamers? I mean ... if the games were core, how could they be so successful? 50m+ 360s/PS3s sold. Do people really think those are all core gamers who buy the 20m FPS? Core gamers are pretty rare nowadays, just take a look around when shopping (or take a look at the software tie ratios).

What does being a core or casual gamer have to do with the demograph of PS3 or 360? I'll agree with you that generally FPS's appeal to casual games due to their simple pick up and play online gameplay, and both PS3 and 360 have a strong casual (and core) FPS crowd, but what does that change?

Also selling well doesn't make games like Halo or Assassin's Creed less of "core titles." Sales have nothing to do whether the game appeals to the hardcore or not. Some of my favorite games sell in low volumes, others in high volumes (e.g. Lost Odyssey - 800k, Gears 2 - 6 million).