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Arguing between the casual gamer and the Hardcore has always been an in issue in the videogame industry. Question is, what makes a Hardcore gamer. We often talk of how casual gamers will switch on there playstation (it doesn't deserve a capital letter) and have a five minute play on a football game, or a racing game. Thing is, the length of time you play a game doesn't place you in the Hardcore or casual gamer category. If a game doesn't hold you for more than five minutes, it isn't doing its job. Being a Hardcore means something much deeper. What do you think makes a Hardcore (and not having a playstation doesn'y count).

Grix Thraves wrote:
But there's something
> else I've learnt too.

Don't even bother saying it, because they won't listen.
> :0)

Don't even bother saying what? If you don't say what it is that you can't be bothered to say, then how can we not listen to it in the first place?

Back to topic:

Hardcore gamer: Plays games, eats Pringles, breathes.
Casual gamer: as above, but not all the time.

I think Hardcore gamers have a passion for video games, casuals don't.

well Nintendo seems to think that there is such a thing as a casual and hardcore gamer, just read the latest issue of NGC.
slik ~_~

I would say a hradcore gamer views gaming as a hobby...

Whereas a Causal gamer sees gameing as a pastime.

Meka_Dragon wrote:

"There's no such thing as a hardcore gamer. It's a vision of something that can't exist."

Yup.

But there's something else I've learnt too.

Don't even bother saying it, because they won't listen. :0)

Hardcore is sitting at your tv and completing every game you have 5 times, with no gaps :o)

Good point. Once again, Porn has the answer to all our questions!!!

Just look at the difference bewteen Hardcore and Softcore porn to find your answer.

Meka_Dragon wrote:
>To truely be a hardcore gamer you would have to own every console.

Not true, some consoles are not worth owning, and add little to the gaming industry. And instead of owning the console, you could just play it at a mates.
It's very hard to explain what a Hardcore is (as you've probably guessed).

A professional earns money....

I really don't mind if you wish to try to define a 'hardcore gamer' but I don't think they exist.

To truely be a hardcore gamer you would have to own every console, as you wouldn't be able to bare missing any game, you'd play every game so as to not miss out on the experience, you'd buy all the magazinesyou could....

It just doesn't exist.

Sometimes I'll go a week without playing a game, sometimes I 'll play for a couple of hours each day.

I'm flexible.