exactly....what on earth does hardcore mean anymore? I sure as hell don;t know what I am
- I started gaming in 2001 agd 17 (casual), my first console was an Xbox (hardcore)
- I loved fps like Halo (casual or hardcore?) and loves sports games (casual)
- I couldn't afford/see the point in spending £300 ont the new Xbox 360 and didn't care about HD (casual)
- I saw the 2006 E3 conference online (hardcore) and got excited about Wii (hardcore)
- I sold my Xbox and all its awesome games (half life, halo, ESPN 2k5, XIII, conflict etc) and bought a Wii for Xmas, loved Wii sports with the family (casual) and generally got bored to tears by Zelda (casual!)
- Loved Mario Galaxy, especially cos it's easy (casual)
- Loved Metroid 3 cos it was hard and had great FPS controls (hardcore)
- I'm writing this (hardcore), excited about De Blob, HOD5 and Call of Duty because they all fit nicely (and cheaply ) into the 10 hours max that i game a week nowadays (causal)
So what on earth am I?
If I'm being honest, I think Nintendo should scrap the core/non core audience and make blockbuster titles again. I miss my Xbox EXACTLY because of easy-to-get into shooters and sports games: even my non-gamer friends loved halo et al which pretty makes them 'casual' in that it had some sort of universal appeal.
In ditching the hardware battle, Nintendo is missing out on creating the innovations that only power really allows. I've had fun with my wii, but the imprecise controls, the endless hardware addons frsutrate even my non-gaming friends. I find it interesting that a mate of mine, who knew nothing about gaming decided to pick up an old Xbox console instead of a wii or ds. I mean NOTHING on the console, not even swooshing that tennis racket for the first time beats the intelligence of the AI developed by Bungie, or the physics in Half Life. For all that the Conduit and Call of Duty might try to attract FPS gamers, they'll all likely be boring corridor shoot outs.
I think the causuals will get bored of all these lifestyle games, and by Wii 2, what will Nintendo provide that Sony and Microsoft (already jumping on the 'expanded' bandwagon) won't offer on their own in the next generation consoles?
Thus Nintendo will need new IPs with blockbuster appeals: a Killer FPS (timesplitters anyone?), a killer version of Pro-Evo (not 'all play') , a brand new RPG adventure that isn't turn or Zelda-based. Currently, I cant see it coming...So i guess I'm saving up for Xbox 720 from here on in....
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exactly....what on earth does hardcore mean anymore? I sure as hell don;t know what I am
- I started gaming in 2001 agd 17 (casual), my first console was an Xbox (hardcore)
- I loved fps like Halo (casual or hardcore?) and loves sports games (casual)
- I couldn't afford/see the point in spending £300 ont the new Xbox 360 and didn't care about HD (casual)
- I saw the 2006 E3 conference online (hardcore) and got excited about Wii (hardcore)
- I sold my Xbox and all its awesome games (half life, halo, ESPN 2k5, XIII, conflict etc) and bought a Wii for Xmas, loved Wii sports with the family (casual) and generally got bored to tears by Zelda (casual!)
- Loved Mario Galaxy, especially cos it's easy (casual)
- Loved Metroid 3 cos it was hard and had great FPS controls (hardcore)
- I'm writing this (hardcore), excited about De Blob, HOD5 and Call of Duty because they all fit nicely (and cheaply ) into the 10 hours max that i game a week nowadays (causal)
So what on earth am I?
If I'm being honest, I think Nintendo should scrap the core/non core audience and make blockbuster titles again. I miss my Xbox EXACTLY because of easy-to-get into shooters and sports games: even my non-gamer friends loved halo et al which pretty makes them 'casual' in that it had some sort of universal appeal.
In ditching the hardware battle, Nintendo is missing out on creating the innovations that only power really allows. I've had fun with my wii, but the imprecise controls, the endless hardware addons frsutrate even my non-gaming friends. I find it interesting that a mate of mine, who knew nothing about gaming decided to pick up an old Xbox console instead of a wii or ds. I mean NOTHING on the console, not even swooshing that tennis racket for the first time beats the intelligence of the AI developed by Bungie, or the physics in Half Life. For all that the Conduit and Call of Duty might try to attract FPS gamers, they'll all likely be boring corridor shoot outs.
I think the causuals will get bored of all these lifestyle games, and by Wii 2, what will Nintendo provide that Sony and Microsoft (already jumping on the 'expanded' bandwagon) won't offer on their own in the next generation consoles?
Thus Nintendo will need new IPs with blockbuster appeals: a Killer FPS (timesplitters anyone?), a killer version of Pro-Evo (not 'all play') , a brand new RPG adventure that isn't turn or Zelda-based. Currently, I cant see it coming...So i guess I'm saving up for Xbox 720 from here on in....
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