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

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POE said:

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.

What is hardcore though? Playing Mario games doesn't make you hard core. Playing Zelda games doesn't either. Playing cod doesn't either. Halo? Nope. Uncharted nope? It's not about the games you play its about the passion and love you have for them. At least Imo. So I don't get when people try to act like a genre or type of games is less hardcore