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JimmyDanger on 03 January 2012
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JimmyDanger said:
There are "casuals" amongst the userbase of all 3 consoles.

A "casual" is just someone who buys few full price games a year. Read above.

This whole mythical notion of the "core" gamer being someone who must play only FPS - and a casual plays only Angry Birds is false. There are casuals who buy 2 - 3 JRPGs a year and put a few hours in each week. There are casuals who buy Dark Souls and play it for 2 weeks in the holidays. There are core gamers who go out and buy 3 new games and play Stickman BMX on the bus. There is no elite - just attach rates.

Once again - read above.


What makes your definition of casual and core correct? 

In terms of use you may be correct(even then its up to debate how much you need to play to be casual vs core) but it seems to me the vg industry uses the terms differently.

I like you above coffee analogy.  The Core are your regulars, they buy coffee every or every other day, there not the hardcore people who buy 3 coffees a day or the casual who come buy every once in a while.  There may be more Casual coffee drinkers in the world and the hardcore drinker may generate more revenue per person but most your profits come from your core audience.

However, no one cares how long some takes to drink the coffee, only how many they buy.   I think play time is pretty irrelevant in the term core vs casual on a sale forum.

Imo, which has no more validity than yours.  I think the Core gamer is meant to simply represent the largest average of gamers.  Based on amount of games bought.  The core gamers buy a few games a year and every publisher wants to be on the core gamers list because they represent the biggest buying group on average.  

The connection to FPS is simply just because that is one genre the largest buying goup "Core Gamers" pick up on a yearly basis.  Go back to the coffee anology.  Call of Duty is your average mocha.   Its what  your core audience normally buys.  Can your Core audience also get that tripple shot espresso? yeah but majority of your core doesnt.  Its something more popular among your hardcore drinkers.  Dance Central is Hot Chocolate.   Very popular among casual, core and hardcore but its mostly bought by your casual.

I think you just agreed with me!