How much do core gamers differ in thinking from casual gamers?

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Hardcore gamers are casual gamers without much of a life and little interest in spending their vast amounts of free time on anything productive; so they spend way more time playing videogames than people who play games at more healthy levels. The only people who think "hardcore gamers" are "hardcore" are other people who sit there and play videogames for 8+ hours a day. Everyone else realizes that the "hardcore" label is silly and completely inaccurate for any kind of a couch potato.

The bottom line is that there is no such thing as a "hardcore gamer". Just couch potatoes who want a label that sounds cool.