For me Core and Hardcore are different things
Core is the most mainstream games of the current industry, the base of the pyramid of the current industry, that would be Cod, Fifa, GTA, Skyrim and Assasins Creed.
That is why the Wii U does badly, Wii U is basically like having a diet without bread, that is why it is fine as a secondary console but few have only a Wii U.
Hardcore means games for gamers that have a taste that goes beyond the most popular and accesible titles.
Dwarf Fortress, the Souls games, Europa Universalis or Etryan Odyssey are more hardcore than the "core" titles I mentioned before.







