Is 'hardcore' the most obnoxious term to come out of modern gaming?

[sheath]

Hardcore:


Decidedly NOT hardcore:

[mailman187666]

I've always thought of casual games to be games like card games, board games, and sim type games where there really is no winning or losing. Basically games whre you don't need to be a "skilled" gamer to play/enjoy/be good at them. I don't really pay much attention to what types of gamers or games are considered to be hardcore or casual to aside from what i read in articles and such.. I only label games by their genre and sub-genre and don't really care what kind of "core" they are considered. We should just start calling casual games "softcore" so people start getting offended by the porn references we are using to label our games jk

[j_factor]

I always thought "casual gamers" play whatever's at the top of the charts, while "hardcore gamers" dig deeper and play games that are too hard, too weird, or too obscure for casual audiences.

[The 1 2 P]

From what I've read, hardcore is supposedly used to describe PC, PS3 and 360 gamers

Core is as close to hardcore I'll let modern PC/360/PS3 gamers of any variety own.

So does this mean there are no "hardcore" Wii gamers?

[sheath]

So does this mean there are no "hardcore" Wii gamers?

The term in its natural and original context means that nobody who exclusively plays any kind of modern game is "hardcore". These gamers need to get their own term, like CoD fanatic or Final Fantasy Fan or something like that.

[The Adventurer]

The term in its natural and original context means that nobody who exclusively plays any kind of modern game is "hardcore". These gamers need to get their own term, like CoD fanatic or Final Fantasy Fan or something like that.

'Mainstream'

But no mainstream gamer would ever call themselves something that is as loaded as a negative term (like 'casual'). Because that might mean they aren't the 'superior' gamers in their own minds.

[sheath]

'Mainstream'

But no mainstream gamer would ever call themselves something that is as loaded as a negative term (like 'casual'). Because that might mean they aren't the 'superior' gamers in their own minds.

Yeah, they really should just accept the label "pop culture" and stop worrying about appearances.