I thought Core was short for hardcore. Now "Core" seems to be any game that doesn't sell well on Wii. You see PS3 and 360 fans bicker all the time. But you'll never see a PS3 fan say: haze didn't do well because it's not 'core'" or a 360 fan say "too human failed because it's not core". Only Wii fans will actually defend all the shovelware on Wii. Developers make shovelware for all the systems. But it's Wii owners who by games like "Carnival Games" by the MLLIONS. PS2/Gamecube ports by the MILLIONS.

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You thought wrong, it's not your fault though, many forum goers believe the same thing, core was just a term used to represent hindsight estimates on sales for specific titles, essentially a means to quantify and solute a demographic.

That's the reason you can understand clearly that the demographic involved in using Gears or Halo were predominantly men or boys, I believe it was 15-35 or something like that.

People started thinking hardcore meant core and so when a blog journalist asks about core they seem to use it interchangeably with hardcore for the sake of confusion. (Blame the media heh)

Reality is that people do not go by demography however, they go by perceived value which can't be quantified using the same algorithms.

For the sake of clarity and risking sounding like a broken record:

Hardcore is more normally used and understood to refer to gamers who understand gaming and hardcore games are games easily understood as a game.

The only problem with the above definition is that a person who plays The Conduit may not see Wii fit as a game, while the person who plays Wii fit may not see The Conduit as a game.

But here I am teaching something I guess... sucks for me.

Sounds like BS to me. You just said "core" could be anything. Using a lot of rhetoric to add valitdity to your argument.

So core is not hardcore it's "hindsight estimates on sales for specific titles". Riiiight.

Reggie should ask him self why the wii is so underpowered, then he'll get his answer to why key Capcom tittle aren't on it's machine...

Seriously though, Capcom multiplatform engine only goes as far as the 360/PS3 and PC, they are after all at relative specs so porting is fairly easy and results are on par across the board...if they wanted to make a wii version they'd have to build and engine from the ground up along with the assets to make a decent port on the wii, otherwise you'll get dead rising...and for them it's more financially sound and risk free to simply release the sequal to umbrella chronicles, than it would be port RE5 to the wii.

I know allot of people will disagree with me, but such is the forum way of life.

You call it rhetoric, I call it application vis-a-vis.

Specific titles sure, but the term core can't be used to describe a game, as Mario Galaxy isn't core, it does however have a core audience on Wii platform, however Mario Galaxy doesn't have a core Audience on PS3 because well... it's not on that platform, see where I'm getting to?

My point was simple, I'm supplying Happy's argument with logical fodder (though he really doesn't need it). At this point all you've said is that I used a tool of formal debating to prove my point and that regardless of this it is simply BS to you for no apparent reason other than you believe it is BS, so good night to you sir.


"Let's agree to disagree." - That's the not so obnoxious variation to the quote in your signature.

The Wii has done pretty well so far without traditional "hardcore" gamers, why the big concern now?

I don't think RE5 would sell well enough to justify the cost of Capcom building a engine to port it anyway sadly.

 Your condescending tone betrays your intentions. Where is the point which you are trying to articulate?

"Core" is a term used to describe a certain type of game. Here you are saying "Core" is not a description but a mathematical equation applied to determine "hindsight estimates" for basically any game. You realize that the definition you provided for "Core" is now so broad you could apply it to any situation, tailored and molded perfectly to fit your point of view?

In that vein I could say something like every Bluray movie sold is a core game for PS3 because Wii doesn't play Bluray. And you would say no a movie is not a game. And I could say I pushed the play button and it was quite a fun game. You see? The definition you gave for core is vague at best but closer to mendacious. I commend your ambition padawan, but you will struggle to convince anyone of anything when you are dancing on the border of reality.

Good night, and good luck.

I'm typing from my PS3 now so I'll keep this short.

Your just not using reason, but your close to accurate, PS3 as far as gaming console s go does have a monopoly on the Blu-Ray movie audience, that is why it is a selling point after all. But Movies aren't games and twisting pronouns will only work to convince yourself. I was compromising on the "hardcore" definition, that's only to get my point across that hardcore and core are not interchangable. They don't mean the samething at least not directly.

I'm also not being condescending, so I wont apologize, I've made my point clear, it just seems like you have your own reservations toward my comment.

The joke is I don't agree with Reggie at all... But using a controller to type is getting to me, maybe tommorow? Also good luck with what?

Perfect!

Really....... Seriously.......