Reasons for my Choices
Casual Gamer: A permissive person who plays at irregular / infrequent intervals.
• Neutral Gamer: A type of person who really enjoys the time playing.
• Impulsive Gamer: A type of person who just plays seeing it as second nature.
With the "Casual Gamer" I wanted it to be a definition of how they somehow happen to play games by chance instead of choice or is unconcerned with video games altogether. I also used my experience with another medium and how tolerant I am towards it. I don't go looking for the medium, but it comes by me I'll watch if everyone is doing it.
Hardcore Gamer: A Person who knows the basics of the industry, is an informed gamer, generally challenges themselves/sets goals, knows what they want, and strives to get it, is what centrally drives them to games.
• Cyber Athlete/Professional (Pro) Gamer: Is a type of person who plays games for money almost to the point where it's like a career or looking for money by playing video games.
• Retro Gamer: Is a type of person who enjoys playing/collecting vintage games and can't live without the backward-compatibility/emulators on platforms.
• Import Gamer: Is a type of person who loves playing games that aren't from their region even if it's in a different language.
• Elite Gamer: Is a type of person who knows a lot about their particular platform, thinks it's the best no matter what, and would rather be caught dead instead of playing games on the rival platform(s).
• Fanatic (Fan-Base) Gamer: Is a type of person who can be a follower in numbers/sales (National Purchase Diary), games (franchises, series), genres (Real-Time Strategy, First Person Shooter), developer(s)/person(s), products (toys, special controllers, special canned beverages), and overall have an intense liking, occasionally has an overwhelming obsession.
Mental Note: There might be other types of hardcore/casual gamers.
What I'm going to talk about here are "Elite Gamers" and "Fanatic Gamers" to show you why I made them significantly different. I did mention why in the original, but I'm hoping this can make people understand better. Fan, is a devotee of a pop star, sport, or hobby. Fanatic, a person who is excessively enthusiastic about something. Elite, most powerful, rich, or gifted members of a group; a belief that society should be governed by a small group of superior people. I gave this definition because I wanted to show that being a fanatic doesn't necessarily mean you have negative qualities. Being a fanatic just means you are an ardent supporter of something. In the gaming community for some reason sees being a "fanatic" means you possess negative qualities.
A good example would be in a rugby game you'll have some players you genuinely get hyped up for a game, while others love the sport they just don't show it as openly. A movie in 2005 was about a diehard Red Sox fan with a girlfriend in "Fever Pitch" starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. A lot of people will say a fanatic will go beyond the social norms. Then you have to ask yourself, what is the social norm and who defines it? Is talking in slang deriving from the "social norm" is being gothic deriving from the "social norm?" To me this varies on person to person even down to profession, age, or intelligence can determine that "social norm."Someone with a PHD (Doctor of Philosophy) can talk very different from a teenager or someone who's married with kid(s) compared to someone who single with no kid(s).
Without being too sidetracked there will be something we all get obsessed over with and I think being a hardcore gamer would require some form of fanaticism. Considering the tile "hardcore gamer" should imply that you have some kind of intense liking, would it make sense if you moderately like video games still being called hardcore? In the movie "Fever Pitch" a fanatic doesn't necessarily mean you're ready to fight someone who is a fanatic of something opposite in the medium you're interested in. You can easily say anyone who dresses up as a video game character derives from the social norm, one, they're grown adults two, it isn't Halloween. At the same time wouldn't that be the social norm in that particular place or industry? At the same time some people can cross the line even for gamers (COD4 Psycho) on YouTube than there are the gamers who boost/smack talk/taunt that isn't crossing the line, hey what are achievements / trophies for?
It's obvious of why I would connect what is a fanatic in the gaming industry to "elitism" and just twisted it a little. Instead of being upper class they just think they're upper class based on the platform they choose, think it should dominate, and will never touch the rival's platform.
In the end it will depend on what you consider the "social norm" and creating new definitions to fit those particular criteria. As each generation grows up we're as a society is becoming more acceptable to different types of people. Women are being seen as human beings and taking care of a child can be the equivalent to two full-time jobs, while society understands war can make men develop psychological side effects. Eventually I think the "social norm" will be defined by a psychologist and not by society itself.
Related blog: Gamers Defined
Dear team,
Xbox has always been different.
We started with a simple idea. Games should bring people together through shared experiences. That led to the first Xbox in 2001, Xbox Live in 2002, and new ways to connect, from friends lists and achievements to parties and play across devices. Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment.
re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
I don't know if they have a model anymore it's flipped so many times since the xbox one reveal
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
Pathetic incels with nothing better to do than argue over a box... Because they don't have any good games to play on theirs, obviously. If your precious box is so special, why don't you shut the fuck up and go play it?
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
I don't see them removing PC from the equation. Considering MS has a heavy enough investment in the PC market, it would be foolish to abandon them. I could see them taking away games from PlayStation or ensuring they are timed exclusives at the very least. Say what you will but if Call of Duty ends up becoming a timed exclusive to Xbox machines, that would hurt PlayStation, don't pretend like those games don't sell millions.
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
The release on Steam of the anime-style gacha-less open-world RPG DragonSword: Awakening is facing a legal challenge from its gacha publisher.
