I'm tired of hearing about core gamers and core games. The term used to be hardcore gamer and it used to be someone who was simply just obsessive, owned most systems, plays tons of games. They just lived and breathed games.
Nintendo made games for hardcore gamers. The Metroid series, Kid Icarus, even Zelda are were definitely more hardcore than casual. Even Mario has a place in the heart of any real hardcore gamer.
But the Microsoft, more than anyone came in and bastardised the term into core gamer. No one wants to promote the image of someone who buys all systems and games for all systems. That doesn't benefit their profits.
So now hardcore gamers are core gamers. Which is effectively a fanboy. It's someone who is obsessive about their one and only system, they're teenaged boys who haven't really interacted with girls and therefore they need their games to define their manliness.
A core gamer isn't someone companies should care about or cater to, They're happy to buy the same unimaginative sequels over an over and view the world in a very black and white way.
I wouldn't be surprised. Sony is coming up quick on them and they have to start being nice to customers rather than being the most expensive system on the block so t hey can keep their lead.
Going but their demos and what not, we should be seeing racing games and other games that require quick reaction. If lag exists it will kill those games. Might as well expect nothing but simple Wii party games ported over.
Chris Dahlen meets the director of interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp and remembers how rich a world that only costs the time it takes to write it can be.
toadwarrior's Comments
I'm tired of hearing about core gamers and core games. The term used to be hardcore gamer and it used to be someone who was simply just obsessive, owned most systems, plays tons of games. They just lived and breathed games.
Nintendo made games for hardcore gamers. The Metroid series, Kid Icarus, even Zelda are were definitely more hardcore than casual. Even Mario has a place in the heart of any real hardcore gamer.
But the Microsoft, more than anyone came in and bastardised the term into core gamer. No one wants to promote the image of someone who buys all systems and games for all systems. That doesn't benefit their profits.
So now hardcore gamers are core gamers. Which is effectively a fanboy. It's someone who is obsessive about their one and only system, they're teenaged boys who haven't really interacted with girls and therefore they need their games to define their manliness.
A core gamer isn't someone companies should care about or cater to, They're happy to buy the same unimaginative sequels over an over and view the world in a very black and white way.
Fuck 'em, hopefully they'll go away.
I hope Valve does boot them off Steam. Ubisoft's DRM is awful.
I wouldn't be surprised. Sony is coming up quick on them and they have to start being nice to customers rather than being the most expensive system on the block so t hey can keep their lead.
Epic are MS fanboys, of course CliffyB is going to say that.
The guy has no credibility. Not that he did beforehand but this just confirms it.
Going but their demos and what not, we should be seeing racing games and other games that require quick reaction. If lag exists it will kill those games. Might as well expect nothing but simple Wii party games ported over.
All toadwarrior's Comments