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Xbox Gamers: The Hardcore Crowd

Dick Ward from XboxFocus.com writes:

"Hardcore gamers are typically self proclaimed, and always on the border of obsessive when it comes to games. They come in all shapes and sizes, all ages, colors and creeds, but have one thing in common – a deep love for gaming. Just as there is no genre that defines all games, there is no type of hardcore gamer that defines them all. For simplification, I've divided them into a few archetypes. Bear in mind, no one archetype will define a player - most gamers are a mix between the three."

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roflcopterattack6576d ago

We are the hardcoriest bunch...I guess. But I know loads of core gamers too. And for the record, "core" is the dumbest and least original term I've ever heard.

Condoleezza Rice6576d ago

There are hardcore Wii,Ps3,Dreamcast,360,you name it;there are hardcore gamers in each,as well as 'casual' gamers.

Timesplitter146576d ago (Edited 6576d ago )

The hardcoreness of a system depends on the quality and intellectual value of its games, IMO.

Hardcore gamers are exactly the opposite of the average 14 y-o Halo player. The hardcores know how some games can be true works of art. This is what they are looking for.

This is why I strongly disagree

Bnet3436576d ago

Xbox 360 is a hardcore gamers system, that why they struggle to get the young gamers that like games like ratchet and clank and teenage girls that like romantic games like final fantasy.

Timesplitter146576d ago

Keep telling yourself that while I play games that actually require brain activity. Because of course R&C is the only PS3 game, just like Bomberman Zero is the only X360 game...

Amanosenpai6576d ago

Hardcore: Spend their time in gammer websites (like N4G)
Casual: Spend their time in sports, school wathever...
Hardcore: Spend their money in "HARDCORE" games
Casuals: Spend their money in Horses and BTraining games

Im confused...

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boogeyman9996576d ago

I would have added some more classifications like the guy who plays more than anyone in the world, yet sucks a lot.

Venomous Fire6576d ago

id say yea, Xbox owners are on average more hardcore than anyone else, but a good thing is we have a bigger diversification than other systems

bomberman4476576d ago

Those are some pretty accurate statements. Sadly i dont fall into any of those categories, but for me that is a good thing.

pwnmaster30006576d ago

wen is E3

on topic

i think ms is not going for hardcore anymore i think there going for casual and rpg people, and maybe a little of bit of hardcore but there focus is on casual and rpg

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

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italiangamer34d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde32d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy32d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12532d ago (Edited 32d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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