I'm hardcore. Though I do have "breathing" periods where I turn to other activities and let my money pile up... I have tons of games that most casual players would be like "but it's too hard" or "that game was supposedly rated bad in this review..." but I love them and I prefer some older niche titles and my beloved 2D fighting.

It's especially fun with fighting games cause I can easily hold my own in Soul Calibur and DOA against casual gamers who obsess over them but then I throw in some GGXX or SFIII and I beat them into the ground.

I'm not a "uber hardcore gamer" though, just because a game has certain challenges doesn't make me feel I need to finish them. It depends on whether I like the game or not. I may never fight Penace in FFX but I'm going to deal with Yiazmet in XII.