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Forums - Gaming - Casual and Hardcore aren't Exactly the Right Words

Wii_R2_Hardcore on 16 July 2009
NeoRatt said:
Wii_R2_Hardcore said:
What I actually find funny is how some people say casual as a synonime of dumb. It is also regarded as low quality. This people call themselves hardcore meaning smart and high quality.

The meaning is changing

Casuals: the future of gaming. Social, cooperative and open minded gamers

Hardcore: the past of gaming. Elitist, competitive and conservative gamers

I find it funny how people categorize hard core as a past gaming type...  Hard core is still very strong...  Street Fighter IV, Prototype, inFamous, Killzone 2, Halo Wars, Resident Evil 5, Red Faction Guerilla, have all been top selling "supposedly" past of gaming new games that have been at or near the top of the  charts this year.  How many new "future of gaming" (aka casual) games have released this year to this level of success.

 

(Gee, I knew my bait was juicy but I didn't expect to bite so hard)

 

NeoRatt:

where do you see those titles here?:

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php

 

Prototipe is the 13th place

First place? Wii fit

Second place? Wii sports

And could go but you can check the data on your own...

 

On topic: Another funny thing about hardcore and casuals is that in spite of looking the casuals as an inferior class of gamers, unworthy, hardcore gamers see casual gaming as a threat.

 

 

 

 
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KungKras on 16 July 2009

@ OP. That is correct, although I would consider games like Starcraft and Counterstrike to hardcore too.



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dorbin2009 on 16 July 2009

This is seriously a gay argument. This is like two rodents arguing which one smells the worst.

Guess what? If you play video games, you are a gamer. If you take that game seriously, then you are hardcore. If you play it without any vesting interest in success, then you are playing it casually. People can play Gears of War casually if they so choose, or Halo, or Killzone, or any other "hardcore" game.

It isn't rocket science people.

Years of lurking around the WoW forums (and no, they are not a happy place to be in), taught that to me. I think the word is used their every two seconds.