Pity, so only rich people can be core gamers... :

That's why it is the core and not the masses.

So...who wasn't focusing on the games? Anyone can talk about their opinions on a company, but who was ever talking badly about games?

So you never ever complained about MS' exclusives? Saying that in the last years they didn't release anything good? Really Stage, you don't fit in my definition. Your cherry-picking of one point in my def says a lot. But don't be upset. I think you consider yourself still a core-gamer, that's what counts. To me you are not and we will never agree in this point until either I change my definition (which won't happen) or you change your mind - so agreement is up to you.

I'm not angry, far from it. I'm the type of person who would rather find out why one feels the way they do than let them harp on negative feelings towards others (including myself). Ultimately its not my hope for anyone to change but rather to understand and then we go our seperate ways. The world is ignorant without understanding. I would have all the consoles if I wasnt paying for college right now, but thats not a choice. Regardless, I wasn't cherry picking either, but focusing on the main point of what it is you feel a core gamer is. I feel you cannot gauge a core gamer by whether they've invest in all available platforms, but rather the amount of time they apply to gaming and the challenges therein. I've already played my friends Wii and I have gone through four Xbox 360's (three of which died on me: One Falcon and two Jasper's). Based on exclusives the only one truly left standing is the PS3 for this gen. If I was going to buy a handheld, I wouldn't go for the Vita, i'd just borrow it because it doesn't have enough games to sustain or warrant ownership in my eyes. I would go for a DS based on games even though I think the VIta has superior tech. Tech means nothing...which is why I dispose of consoles that run out of games. Until I graduate and can free up my payments, I will continue to go for the console with the largest amount of exclusives and multiplats and it doesnt matter which brand its in.

I don't need to be anyones idea of a hardcore gamer, I just am. I think we can agree to disagree.

The way Stage is getting owned left and right in this thread is pure entertainment.

This is definitely the first time someone says I'm not a core gamer. But by your definition, I see it's no wonder why publishers don't care about core gamers anymore. There's not that many of them.

Could there be a kinect free version of Xbox One coming at a similar price to PS4? That could make things really interesting

and the death of the XBox division.  they'll never be able to recoup r&d losses from the new kinect on the shelf.  

Kinect can't be that expensive can it? they made tons of profit from the original so i don't see how the new kinect couldn't be any different