Community terms that must be used correctly or removed entirely next gen

[Mr Khan]

o_O.Q said:

Mr Khan said:

o_O.Q said:

Mr Khan said:
The casual/hardcore dichotomy should go down the tubes, given what Microsoft seems to be planning, with MS on board it will potentially isolate the Sony fandom (as there are equal signs that Sony is trying to stay the course), and change the terms from a dichotomy to something hopefully more complex.

Sony is trying to stay the course with what exactly?

The PS3 design philosophy and general strategic mentality. The Vita shows that they're still thinking that way, though Vita was certainly launched smarter than the PS3

i thought the casual/hardcore thing was more connected to software than hardware?

Sort of. It's about the strategy you pursue with the hardware you offer, as i don't doubt Microsoft's nextbox will be roughly as strong as Sony's machine, but Microsoft is going to put Kinect 2.0 out there face-forward, whereas Sony is going to pitch Orbis in a similar manner as they have with Vita, or so i believe. The point i was trying to make is that with Microsoft being less "Xbox360-ish" it's not going to devolve into a simple "us versus them, hardcore versus casual" mentality, because Microsoft largely will keep things more complex. Nintendo too, to a lesser extent, as i'm sure they're going to make more extensive efforts to make sure they at least stay in the multiplat loop going forward.