To think the Wii is "hurting" hardcore is laughable IMO.
All its doing is expanding the gaming audience, and giving developers an alternative channel for releasing different/lower-budget titles.
Developers now have more freedom in choice of target platform than ever before.
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The REAL issue is this:
WHY are developers making more casual, and less hardcore games?
- (Answer: Money)
WHY are hardcore games just not as profitable as they used to be (which leads to casual game development instead)?
- (Answer: Development budgets have gone through the roof, and its not being covered by the extra revenue earned from these games - as the "new" audience are intimidated and uninterested by these old "hardcore" titles)
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