Hardcore gamers are gamers who love the industry and follow it.
Casual gamers are uninformed about the industry and do not follow it.

Casual gamers don't even know who develops their favorite games.

"Hardcore gamer" i hate when ppl use that word

Why?

Definition of Hardcore   Babylon English-English adj. unwaveringly committed, extremely dedicated; explicit; chronic, recurrent

"hardcore" is just for the gamer think that he is more gamer than another person.

What do you consider yourself? Just a "gamer"?

What do you consider a person who plays  only a handful of games a year and only owns one console? a "gamer"?

My parents play video games every once in a while, well my mother plays Zuma all the time, but i don't consider her a "gamer".

A person who just watches a movie is not a movie buff. A person who just attends a history class is not a history buff.

The Person who follows the movie industry is a movie buff, the person who teaches the history class is a history buff.

Yes its a term to make one feel like they know more, and thats because they do.

Understand?

Yes, I understand your point good sir, but I am just a gamer that want to play games, I am not a casual gamer or a hardcore gamer, I already played Wii sports and Wii play... I don't have Wii music, but I think that soon I will buy . However, looooooooooooooooooove Gears of war, and I think that I am almost in love with Killzone (the first game). When I want to play Guitar Hero like a casual game, I play just for a few minutes 1 or 2 songs to spending my time. When I want to take the game seriously, I call my friends and we take Guitar Hero to another level.

In fact, I don't disagree with you (seriously, I am not telling you that you are wrong, but you are seeing only one side). But of course, we all are gamers, you have to decide if you want to play the game just to spending your time or play this game deeply.

What I mean is that a lot of games can be played in "casual mode" or "hardcore mode", and you can be just a "gamer" that play the game in the form that is in your mind, and according with your humor.

And this, of course, is true, a lot of people play games without know nothing about the game or the console, but and if this person play Killzone 2 just to beat the game and this person don't know nothing about the game or the ps3? He is casual, hardcore or just a "gamer" in your opinion?

Hardcore is a type of "movie".

It is not a word that should be used to describe a type of game or gamer.

Just cause you play a casual game does not mean you are casual and vice versa.

Uh....can you rephrase that?