Diomedes1976 said:
Curious then that Nintendo itself through the voices of Iwata and George Harrison said they are focusing in causal gamers.Odd that Ubi has created a brand for casual games specifically for the Wii and DS .Bizarre that the games that sell the most are casual games.Amazing that most hardcore gamers dont want to see the Wii anywhere their HDTVs .Mindblowing that analysts say the Wii is headed for the casual market . PS3 may have a plethora of multimedia options ,but its still a game console .One year down we will see wich console has more hardcore games ...the PS3 or the Wii . |
Not this "casual" vs "hardcore" semantics again. Listen, there is no point in using such vague terminology as "hardcore" or "casual", as each somehow mysteriously changes in meaning depending on the person using it which that only makes it all the more frustrating when anyone tries to use it objectively like this to define any aspect of gaming. Honestly, who decides what is "hardcore"? Is it you? Is it me? Is it the content? Is it the play value or the amount of blood and guts? Is it the most games with a M rating? Or is it whatever the company tells you?
I don't honestly see the pride in claiming "hardcore" to begin with and in this case it just seems like its being used as an excuse to justify a poor selling system's increasingly limited gaming demographic, "We don't have the best selling system but we're still the most hard core system!", like that's worth anything. Since when was "hardcore" the measure of any standard of a better system or a better gaming experience? Using "Hardore", quite honestly, makes a person sound like a 13 year old who values action and explosions above all other aspects of the game.
Listen I don't care if you're a Sony fan, an MS fan or a Nintendo fan, using such vague and subjective terminology to define your gaming world and its values is just pointless and quite honestly childish. It's no different than how in the last gen it was alright for the PS2 to have inferior graphics but now the Wii is taking flack for what was once just fine for the PS2, "Graphics don't matter, its the games!". People are just trying to make up the rules as you go to justify whatever system they've chosen and this crap about "hardcore" vs "casual" is no different. And honestly, using if we have to stick a solid definition to "Casual", I'd have to say that the PS2 was the definition of "casual" gaming last gen because of its broad appeal, but now aparently you're trying to act like Sony has always been "hardcore" and that's the way it always should be and that's what's going to save them now. Funny how the perception of "Hardcore" and "Casual" has suddenly changed to suit the PS3's situation.
All in all, "Hardcore" just seems like an excuse here for a system selling less and its fans needing a reason, any reason to still think they're the best.
