Opinion: Gamers are behind the Game Industry Implosion

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gumby_trucker said:

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So yeah, "hardcore" gamers are to blame for dismissing the "casual gamer".
Developers are to blame for dismissing the "casual game".
Publishers are to blame for severely underestimating the intelligence of the average consumer, who has no preconditioned positive bias towards games.
And "Casual Gamers" (aka the real world) are "to blame" for packing up and taking there money elsewhere.

wouldn't apple/smartphones still be considered on that path, beings many many people  that play these games didn't normally play games. 

But, they are getting more and more games that are "casual"? Isn't this case similar to the wii except for that it's still growing. Many "hardcore" gamers dismiss this too.