Gaming Elitiest what you don't understand is that its not the casual/non-gamer who is hurting the Gaming Industry its you guys by being Elitiest. The whole reason casual games exist is so that more people can see the product and more can become fans of the product. But some of you guys act as if casuals/non-gamers are noobies that shouldn't be allowed to play games or support the product. Which is stupid because you see people say things like, "Man these people are casual/non-gamers and are new to gaming so that means they aren't real fans this and that."
Guys stop being like this because you're the ones being immature. I'm a huge video game fan and I feel like I have to call out those people who apart of this bull crap. You can't be like this you should be more open about things.
You could come up to me and say (and a lot of people do this) "Hey BlackBond I'm new to Fighter and JRPGS Genre which games do you reccomend?" and I tell them "Get this game, pick up this game, and try this game if you have the money."
I can't tell you how many times I've gone too Panzer_Zwei, Kage, and RPGamer asking for input on older titles I have missed over the years. Yes my collection spans to the NES era and I'm not embarrassed to admit that I have missed some big games over the years.
But I'm not gonna sit there and tell someone who asks me that "They're a bandwagon hopper and this and that all this other stuff." because that's just stupid, you aren't helping out the industry like that. You're just thinking about yourself only. Granted I don't want all of these casual/non-gamer fans coming but the fact of the matter is I want the video game industry to become more successful and how does the video game industry become more successful? By having more and more people checking out the product. Why can't gaming Elitist get this through their heads?
One more thing just because you've been gaming longer then someone else doesn't make you any better of a gamer then they are. So lets say you've been gaming for 5 years and someone started this year. If that person played through the majority of the best games over the course of the last 5 years then they would have had just the same gaming expereince that you have ever think about that?
So yeah in any event you Elitiest you guys need to stop it already. Its just immature. And again if you someone became a fan of gaming this gen there is nothing wrong with that.
I mean if you really are a fan of gaming and support the industry what you would do is encourage more of these new/casual gamers out there to try other games. Elitiest stop it already. If someone is new to gaming be happy embrace them. Teach them.
Say things like "Hey you know what try this game try this game" but don't shut them out. Don't tell them to basically F off because their new and you've been gaming much longer then they have, because you own 50+ games and you've been gaming for 10 years or whatever.
Granted that not every casual/non-gamer is willing to branch off or take suggestions into trying different and possibly more games geared towards established gamers its better to make suggestions and at least attempt to be helpful rather then treat them as some sort of an inferior and tell them to F off claiming that they aren't real fans.
Remember none of us started out as Hardcore gamers. We all started some where whether it was with Mario on NES like me or some point before or after that.
These casuals/non-gamers are essentially Rookies to the game. As Veteran's we should at least attempt to spread our knowledge to them as the Rookies of today are the Veterans of tomorrow.