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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoshuaKadmon" data-source="post: 28407" data-attributes="member: 1046">I've always considered "hardcore" versus "casual" terminology to refer to the way a game is played, not totally defined by the genre of the game itself, though some types of video games certainly attract more hardcore players than others.  The biggest problem with using this kind of terminology is that it can have a derogatory connotation due to it being subject to individual interpretation and has no consistent definition for what makes someone casual or hardcore in the first place.  Technically, you could be a hardcore Farmville player who dedicated hours of every day to that single game, while a casual Dark Souls player would probably die a lot and never finish the game.I certainly understand all of your points and agree with much of your frustration.  Funny thing, though, I tend to see RPGs as the "hardcore" genre, mobile apps like Angry Birds or Plants vs. Zombies as the more "casual" mainstays [or Wii games as another major example], and FPS or sports titles as somewhere in-between.  I've certainly known some hardcore Doom-Quake-Halo-CoD-Battlefield players who have sworn by the genre for ages, but I've also met quite a few people who just played multiplayer online because it was popular and not even because they were good at it.  I guess that's what makes the hardcore/casual debate so much of a grey area.I started with Commodore64 and Atari2600 and currently own more than 47 working video game systems, with 1700+ games.  I've stuck with it for a long time and seen the trends.  I would love to see a return to some classic gaming mentality and focus on gameplay over presentation, but I know that we can't completely return to the way things were.  The main point of me bringing up the sadly rare "bright spots" in the industry is this -- we are potentially on the verge of seeing another major shift in the industry, possibly brought on by the rapid expansion of digital distribution, and with this shift, I can only hope to see a return to the gameplay and creativity that made the classic era, well... classic.</blockquote>

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