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holzi on 06 May 2021
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Runa216 said:

Again, doesn't make anyone a real or fake gamer, it doesn't mean your choices are any less valid, but you can't deny you're on the more casual side of the spectrum if you do most of your gaming on a game subscription service instead of on games you've bought. This is not a negative thing, even though some people will see it as an insult, but that's how I see it.

And yes, there are other factors. Factors like how big your TV is, how expensive your PC rig is, how many hours you put in, how many games/genres you play, how you buy your games (Digital vs physical), participation in conventions/cosplay, how many games/consoles you have, if you play professionally/stream, collect paraphernalia, etc. There are so, SO many factors at play that tend to tilt you more towards hardcore or casual, and I'd argue that getting your games through gamepass or PSNow or any other subscription model like that definitely tilts you more towards casual.

And I can't reiterate enough, this doesn't make you less of a gamer, nor does it mean you're having less fun than hardcore gamers (Seriously, in my experience, I find hardcore gamers to be more insufferable than filthy casuals, but that's just me.)

So if I understand this correctly, a Person that buys their FIFA and Madden physically every single year and buys the nicest graphics card every year is more of a core gamer than a Person that plays a wide range of games on Game Pass and follows gaming news and culture?

This seems to not only be a arbitrary definition, but also a very useless one. I think most people would agree that people who mostly play their favorite sports teams on their PC don't belong in the category 'core gamer'. In general I think putting people into those categories does more harm than good. Being a 'core gamer' means nothing. A lot of 'core gamers' play those 'kiddy Nintendo games' and more COD players would fit into the 'casual gamers' category than Zelda players. Let's just stop putting people into arbitrary categories.