| Jay520 said: What does "core" gamers refer to with Nintendo? Gamecube fans? |
Well what does core refer to anyway? I mean is the typical COD gamer a core gamer? No he is more of a mainstream gamer.
Is Uncharted a core game? Its way to easy.
For example online competition in games has nothing to do with the game itself so a multiplayer game is not core just because there is random people who can kick someones ass. I can find random people (in the real world) who can kick my ass in Wii Sports so competition is no aspect of being core or not.
And when people would say "iit has to be online offline competition does not count" that doesnt make sense since arcades had no online mode and arcade games are mostly hardcore. (its the business model make a game hardcore so people have to waste quarters alot)
Stuff like Deathsmiles on Xbox360 is hardcore. Or games like bit trip runner.
People just cant get over the fact that Nintendo can make games with COLOR because they base their adulthood/masculinity on violence, nude skin, brown/ grey and realism. People who think this way never grew up because they still care about what others think of them.
The thing is we should finally drop that artificial definitions of casual and core and whatnot. Because people always use the terms but noone actually knows what they mean.
The only real difference is games either are accessible or not. Angry birds space is accessible but its actually really challenging. So we have a problem here since its not casual but people say it is and according to them its def not core. (but then it actually is by the original definition of hardcore since it requires more time and skill to master than most "core" games)
