the term 'hardcore' is a description of how one plays a game, rather than of the gamer or the game itself. I'll illustrate this with a real example. My Mum played Tetris on my GBC for on average 6 hours a week, across 9 years from 2000-2009 (when I got her Tetris DS), getting some unbelievably high scores. Many would simply dismiss my Mum as your typical 'casual' gamer, but I would argue that she was playing Tetris in a very 'hardcore' fashion. On the other hand, I'm what many would consider a 'hardcore' gamer, I love my JRPGs, Action-Adventure and Platformer games, I'm completed the Pokedex numerous times, I know certain games such as Zelda WW and Pokemon Blue inside out, I've memorised lots of 2d fighting game combos, I have gaming desktop wallpapers and posters and am a member of this forum; none of these can be said about my Mother. If one was to ask my Mum her prefered weapon to slay the barioth, she would most likely  give you a strange look and say the middle-aged female eqivalent of lolwut?.  Despite this, in the same time 9 years my Mum played Tetris on the GBC, I've probably only clocked about maybe 50 hours max, and I don't play regularly, and I'm not exactly good at the game. I play Tetris 'casually'.

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I'll tell you the same like I would tell the people who think MS is killing it's gaming franchises:

Cry me a river.

Don't get your panties in a wad dude. Where did he say anything about exclusives? Where did he say anything about MS gamers not having enough core games? Why don't you read his post before writing a rant no one cares about?

There is a certain segment of the gamer population who has had every whim catered to by all the console manufacturers and major publishers. Over time they have become selfish, self-centered and very petty, and they will throw a tantrum whenever anyone except themselves gets the attention of a major game publisher.

Well I would rather that they had kept Ensemble open so that they could make Halo Wars 2, but clearly this makes more financial sense.

But in general, I would much rather that games companies made games that aimed at me, not somebody else, for obvious reasons

We are all subjective beings, but your OP is full of fail imo, yet people are agreeing with you as if your points are obvious.

''The reason why core gamers are hating casual games is not clear to me.''
Go and replace 'hating' with 'strongly dislike' and you're about halfway there.

''The reason I am so sick of hardcore gamers is pretty basic. All the bashing against the Wii and Kinect made me do it''
This sentance CARRIES NO MEANING. It's NULL. EMPTY.

''MS is killing its fanbase, the core gamer, they will fail etc etc etc''
This attitude has to do with fanatic fanyboyism, NOT being a core gamer. I dislike how they're expanding their business model as much as the next guy, but they are making fat profits and anyone who's a supposed 'core gamer' knows what incredibly big losses they took with the original Xbox. How can you say core gamers are saying this!? There are tons of stupid people out there, and in my book you just joined them.

Why don't you go ask yourself if you were thrilled with the output on the Wii. Isn't it OBVIOUS why such a business model is less appealing to someone who loves playing awesome videogames than what Sony is currently doing!? Anyways, MS will pull it back at the start of the next gen; Like I said they're just cashing in now, and there is enough to go around for the core gamer till then.

I'm going to stop tearing apart your OP now.

I don't know how to tell you this, but you didn't tear apart anything.

So cease from patting yourself on the back. ;)

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He was ranting?

Yeah, well done for pointing out the supreme arrogance of my superiority complex. Kinda daft. How about responding to the points?

TEARING APART is a fine way of describing looking at different parts of a text and critiquing it negatively; Regardless of whether my criticisms are just or not. It is something you do, not an achievement or victory.

The OP is over-emotional and short-sighted, whilst simultaneously classifying myself as a hardcore loser which I don't think is very funny since it applies to most people on this website then.