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Hardcore Vs. Casual Gaming
Storm Rider:
Agreed, it really bridges the two groups in a way I don't think any other game has ever achieved. I think the only other example that comes close is Mario Kart.
Baggy:
Funny you should say that ScrambledGregs. There are lots of people like you out there right now. The first generation to truly grow up with video games are all adults now, and instead of "growing out" of games like our parents thought we would/should, we are carrying them into adulthood (the largest demographic of gamers are age 18-30 now, when previously it was a lot younger). But alas, with adulthood, comes less free time. So now we want to play games we can sit down and have a good time playing for a half an hour or so at a time. And something where we don't have to commit 60-100 hours to get the satisfaction of completing.
The largest growing market in games are handhelds, cell phone games, and casual games. It makes sense why when you think about it. We don't have time to be hardcore anymore. Unfortunately developers often translate "casual" as "overwhelmingly easy" which are not the same thing.
The hardcore 50+ hour RPG's audience is getting narrower and narrower. They'll either have to adapt to those of us who would play them if we only had the time (read: shorter games without impossible challenges that require hours of levelling) or they may put themselves out of business.
Then again, that applies mostly to Americans. I don't read much about oversea's gaming trends.
Storm Rider:
Actually, Japan is shifting to casual games even more than the American market is. I can't speak for Europe, though.
ScrambledGregs:
Japan is all over casual gaming. They keep trying to push the Wii and DS on older, non-traditional gamers in the U.S., but they've already hit that target in Japan.
just-another-andy:
I'm a fairly casual gamer (in the sense that I spend more time outside than playing a game)
I do agree that Japan seems to be forcing casual gaming with the likes of the wii as a novelty.
to me the ultimate hardcore gamer's console would be Xbox 360 simply because of Xbox Live.
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