The origin of "casual/hardcore gamers" and other industry bullshit.

[KungKras]

theRepublic said:

DonFerrari said:
And apparently the gaming industrie have been growing with these so called hardcores from PS1 100M to PS2 160M to PS3+X360 currently at 160M... while going casual Nintendo have hit just one time 100M but not the same level of SW attach ratio... so why would pubs give more attention to "hardcores"??

I'm so tired of the victimism (from feminists and some winny gammers)... they try to invert logic, like its devs fault for not catering for them and not them investing in devs that cater... if devs get their money from their supporters for those kind of games why would they allienate the granted buyers to try and cater to people that don't know why they buy and what to buy?

The PS1 and PS2 hardcore?  Lol.  The reason that so many people bought these is because these were the "casual" consoles of their day.  Their libraries are absolutely filled with "casual" style games you will not find on the N64, Gamecube, and Xbox.  Much like the Wii of the seventh generation.

I'm not arguing against your position with this post, I'm just adding my perspective to your discussion :)

The PS1 and 2 were marketed as "mature", which appealed to the 20 year old male  demographic that the industry started optimizing in the same era.

When the Wii brought in older people, "mature" wouldn't cut it. So they changed it to "hardcore", while the Wii was for "casuals"