For example is it the knowledge of the industry or how good the person is at games?If someone is good at a certain game but knows nothing about the publisher,developer will he be consider hardcore or casual?.On the other hand if someone knows alot about games but sucks at then will he be hardcore or casual?.When do you know someone is hardcore because they beat X game or because they complete a certain game.Can someone please define each term and give reasons to support them.In addition if someone is a graphic whore and only plays games that look good will that person be consider hardcore?

Hardcore is a term gamers who give a shit about those things want to be referred to and casual is the word they use to bring others down that aren't like them. Criteria doesn't matter. Simple enough?

Magic.

Really! It's just an arbitrary difference where some douchebags decided that they're too good for some games and that they're 'hardcore' and that people who play 'stupid non-games' are 'casuals'.

Casuals play on Nintendo, hardcores play on Sony.

That's it.

There will be different opinions on the definitions, and there isn't really a factual definition. In reality Casual, and Hardcore are just labels given to two of many different demographics. That is it. Everybody has their own labels and it will be different based on their opinion, so unfortunately you won't find an answer to your question.

Hardcores play only shooters with tons of Bald Space Marines (TM) and say racist and homophobic comments online and are very cool that way.

Casuals play everything else such as jRPGs, platformers, karaoke, etc.

Yes, this is a joke post.

Well, I always thought hardcore gamers were the ones that play hard and unusual games, not games that everyone play like Call of Duty 4 or Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Maybe I would consider someone hardcore in these games if they show a decent amount of skills though, but I'd rather use the term ''no-lifes'' or ''it's the only game you play anyway'' if that's the case! XD

I used to think that same way too. People that punished themselves with the few difficult games left, or played NES games were the real hardcore gamers. When you look up the definition of hardcore though, what you find is the people that like violent and gratuitous games actually fit the definition the best.

Hardcore games: Plays games, and knows information about them.

Casual: Plays games, but knows nothing about them.


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Casual

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Hardcore

Hardcore - the opposite of casual

Casual - the opposite of Hardcore