Is the Wii benefiting or hurting hardcore gamers?

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sc94597 said:

RolStoppable said:

sc94597 said:

RolStoppable said:
The Wii will definitely hurt hardcore gamers.

Core gamers however will love the Wii more and more over time.

What is the difference?

 

What both groups have in common is that they play a lot of games, gaming is their favorite pastime. The difference is that they look for different values in games. The hardcore gamer wants graphics, realism and "maturity" in his games, while the core gamer is looking for new gaming experiences and doesn't care too much about how a game looks.

@HappySqurriel: That's already the second hilarious analogy you posted today. Keep doing that.

Then I'm not considering myself a hardcore gamer anymore. I'm a core gamer. Oh and then where do the casuals fit in?

@Ail Your right, because the wii gets core games.

@KoW What are you talking about Tales of Symphonia 2 sold almost the same as the original. Also it will probably outsell most hardcore games on the ps3 in its lifetime.

@Pristine I beleive chocobo dungeon originated on the ps1.

 

it sold close to 180K first week (the one on GC did), and 40K+ second week. Wii has close to 3 times the install base than GC had at the point. Selling LESS means there's potentially no gain of hardcore gamer from GC days.

 

as for most hardcore games on PS3... well, it might not sell over 300K, so let's see. it really depends on what you mean by "most".