7th and 8th Gen First Full Year Sales Aligned

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

Ka-pi96 said:

Carl2291 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Yeah they want them, but they don't depend on casuals to sell decently.

And who is to decide what is and isnt a "casual" gamer?

I'd say that's decided by whether they stick around and keep buying games in a variety of genres. So those that regularly buy the consoles and games such as COD, GTA, Halo, Infamous, Zelda etc and keep doing that are not casual. While those that buy only like 1 console or game and are unlikely to ever buy any others are casual.

Its a pointless distinction because sales tracks consumers not gamers.

The only difference between "casual" and "hardcore" as consumers is that "Hardcore" is more likely to buy stuff, but in the context of consoles thats pretty much irrelevant.

Units sold is the only thing that matters.