Article: Hating on the casuals

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RolStoppable said:

ItsaMii said:
Another thing I forgot: when did shitty (casual) games sold so well to threaten the manchildren (hardcore) games? 97% of the good selling "casual" games are made by Nintendo and they are far from shitty. Sure Carnival games and RRR sold very well, but what if they are good (from a new gamer perspective) games. Most of these games are also cheaper than the full retail price.
What makes Rockband cool and WiiFit retarded? I dislike both games anyways.

The system these games originated on. The simplest answer is often also the correct answer.

A way to test that theory is to look at the last gen and ask whether PS2 "hardcore gamers" complained a lot when Singstar was released. I don't know the answer, but there's the question.

EDIT - also important is to see whether GC/Xbox owners bitched much about Singstar too.