Yes. But what I don't believe is that being "casual" has to be seen as something negative, and being "hardcore" has to be seen as something positive.

The fact that you play Candy Crush or Demon's Souls doesn't make you a lesser or a better being. Games are games, whether you like them or not, it's up to you.

Then there should be no such thing as casual or hardcore. Alot of gamers believe that there is a difference but I call bull.

Wow, what a load of bullshit !

I think the difference lies in the game itself. Candy Crush is designed so that everyone can play and "beat it". However, no matter how you put it, Demon's Souls is only aimed at the few who are up to the challenge.

I R disappointed that you believe such a thing. :( What if those so called casual gamers don't have the time to play these types of games.

The problem is, that this is what the industry has become. The reason that CoD and Madden and Halo, and Assasin's Creed, etc. sell so well every year, is because we now live in the "GameStop era" of gaming, wherein there is a whole new generation of what I refer to as "GameStop kids", who are gamers that literally only seem to care about the "big blockbuster AAA titles" that come out, that GameStop urges them to pre-order, which they do, then beat it, play it online for awhile, and then trade it back in towards their next pre-order. This is a generation of gamer that doesn't seem to value building up game collections you can be proud of. They don't seem to place high value on uniqueness, quirkiness, creativity, etc. in game design. They want the shiniest HD graphics possible, and they want the best online modes to play on XBL. That's basically what the issue many gamers have is.

I have personaly described, in a GameStop to one of their employees even (to which he genuinely laughed and agreed), that Call of Duty specifically, has become the McDonalds of gaming. "Everyone" consumes it, but it has no real substance of value. That doesn't mean their poorly made games, nor that there's something wrong with you if you enjoy playing them. However, there IS something wrong with shitting out a new iteration of a franchise every single year, with very few real changes. You just can't honestly and earnestly put in any true effort into a game's development if you are pumping them out 1 per year. And yes, I know that CoD now has now 2 but three (apparently) seperate studios making games round the clock. Maybe they'll get to the point like they were with Guitar Hero, where they were releasing more than one a year. I'm sure they would love to be able to pull that off with CoD, and at least for awhile, I do believe those same gamers would indeed buy them both in droves.

And I don't just say this making assumptions based on nothing. I've seen it, I know people that are like this personally. Buy a "AAA" game that everyone's talking about and is hyped up, play it, beat it, trade it in and never touch it again. And that's ALL they buy, Madden, CoD, Halo, Battlefield, AC, GTA, Saints Row, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, (now apparently) Elder Scrolls, etc. etc. etc.

The problem with these games, and why some refer to them as "dudebro" games, is because that's who they're aimed at, and that is their largest audience. These college age, "GameStop kids", as I said. It's a sad and unfortunate state of the industry, and quite frankly not sustainable.