The hardcore abandoned Nintendo; Nintendo didn't abandon the hardcore

[POE]

McDonaldsGuy said:

POE said:
The hardcores are with Nintendo. They never left.
Or are you impliying that those COD and FIFA players are the hardcores??

9 million sales in 2 years, less than the Dreamcast. That's abandonment to the 10th degree. It's weird - Nintendo abandoned the non-gamer audience, while the gamer audience abandoned Nintendo, so Nintendo tried to win them (us) back? Hmm.... 

But the hardcore never abandoned Nintendo. The thing is there are not a lot of true hardcore gamers. THose teenagers who cant play a game withouth healt regeneration or think that a game is bad because graphics are not hardcore. Media is to blame, because media made them believe they are the hardcores.