Casual gamers outnumbered hardcore gamers! WHAT KIND OF GAMERS ARE WE?

Experts announced that casual gamers outnumbered Hardcore gamers!Donno anymore? Am I a casual or hardcore?

I'm enjoying GTA4, Final F, Metal gear...and I discovered myself enjoying games like Sam&max, webgames and also I'm an active community fan for this Indie french Development Team (IDENTIFICTION).

They are launching episodic games at a weekly rythmn...

So Where are we now?

:(

Experts announced that casual gamers outnumbered Hardcore gamers!Donno anymore? Am I a casual or hardcore?

I'm enjoying GTA4, Final F, Metal gear...and I discovered myself enjoying games like Sam&max, webgames and also I'm an active community fan for this Indie french Development Team (IDENTIFICTION).

They are launching episodic games at a weekly rythmn...

So Where are we now?

:(

Georgessmith

if you are here you are definately hardcore. Casual gaming refers to people who play those webgames or poker online or the notorious scrabulous.

One of the funny things for me is to see in statistics that the 60 and older crowd are some of the biggest pc gamers. This is completely due to the casual online games.

People playing puzzle games are also gamers, imagine a24hours connected puzzle gamer. Shall he be called hardcore (puzzle) gamer too?

Heya guies what do you think of Sam&max phenomenon and this one too

http://www.identifiction.com/

They're small dev team that focuses only on the word-of-mouth and gamers to promote their titles. I think theyonly look for casual and bored gamers-Or elite maybe that enjoyed point&clicks games

mmo games (they're not the "role-playing" I know) created this term "causal gamers." Many, or a large part of mmo gamers only play one or maybe two mmo games. They know nothing about PC gaming outside of their online life of leveling up, raiding, or what not. That is, hardcore and causal differs not in time invested in game (I reckon many "causal" gamers spend a lot more time gaming than a hardcore gamer with a full time job and his own mouth to feed).

A casual gamer is someone who only plays games that are popular, whether they are advertised heavily by word of mouth or television. They don't actually play the games to enjoy them, they play games so that other people can know that they play them, hense the 360's achievements prospect.flclempire

Huh? What does 360 and achievements have to do with the term casual?

I consider myself a casual gamer, because I don't play only one or two games thet I've become pro at them and earn money off of them (hardcore gamers). I enjoy every game I get and I don't get only "popular" games, in fact I got tired of all those serious crap games out there and I mostly play "fun" games, now, simple ones like Trackmania, Penny Arcade (awesome game :)) and others.

I see absolutely no reason to bring consoles into discussion. Yeah console gamers are casual, they can't be pro at those games, they can't earn money from those games, they are not that complex, etc, but still :|.

Do you think people play games to show off? Do YOU get achievements in games just to show off?

Games are fun, they are not a job (can be), should the "casual" gamers be ashamed that they casually play games, what, do I have to be "hardcore" so that I can enjoy games?

I always figured the hardcore gamers were the kind of people who "play" the game even after it stops being fun or have forgotten what the word "play" means.

The best place to find these folks is on-line. They are the ones who think the World of Warcraft raids are ment to be work. You can also find them standing around in town complaining they are bored while logged into a game. People who say they enjoy grinding are another example.

I always figured the hardcore gamers were the kind of people who "play" the game even after it stops being fun or have forgotten what the word "play" means.

The best place to find these folks is on-line. They are the ones who think the World of Warcraft raids are ment to be work. You can also find them standing around in town complaining they are bored while logged into a game. People who say they enjoy grinding are another example.

Drosa

That USED to be meanings of the words, Nintendo nicely changed that for us. Originally, a Hardcore gamer was what you said, and a Casual gamer was someone who played proper games but not as much.

And what are now considered Casual gamers were originally just Non-Gamers.

That USED to be meanings of the words, Nintendo nicely changed that for us. Originally, a Hardcore gamer was what you said, and a Casual gamer was someone who played proper games but not as much.

And what are now considered Casual gamers were originally just Non-Gamers.

kieranb2000

in other words, actual casual gamers were embarrassed.

I guess im hardcore, Im not great at any of my games, I beat the ones I beat one easy except for Crysis, CoD 4, and Bioshock (which were easy in my book)

I suck at multiplayer, but besides that stuff, I own 75 PC games, have 64 currently installedd (yeah) and have 175 games overall (Atari 2600,NES,PS,PS2,Wii)

I play games at least 2 hours a day, and spend at least an hour on GS.

A casual gamer is someone who only plays games that are popular, whether they are advertised heavily by word of mouth or television. They don't actually play the games to enjoy them, they play games so that other people can know that they play them, hense the 360's achievements prospect.flclempire

That has nothing to do with casual gaming.

Casual refers to games that have little depth and can be enjoyed by everyone who is anyone, peggle for example is one of the biggest and most popular casual games out right now and thats mainly due to it being simple, fun and addictive.

I honestly dont mind casual gaming, i dabble into them myself from time to time but i still need my 'hardcore' fix.

Do you think "Identifictions" are for casuals or harcore gamers? They say they are not rewarding performance but intelligence.

Do you think point&click games could be for hardcore gamers as well? The Game Aosphre they just announced is a Sci FIgame. I think Sci fi sagas are for hardcore geeks.

Do you think "Identifictions" are for casuals or harcore gamers? They say they are not rewarding performance but intelligence.

Do you think point&click games could be for hardcore gamers as well? The Game Aosphre they just announced is a Sci FIgame. I think Sci fi sagas are for hardcore geeks.

Georgessmith