Casual or Hardcore?

[Del Murder]

Where is the line?

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Where is the line?

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who buys a lot of games, plays them obsessively, and refuses to sell them because that person is a collecter. I think a casual gamer is someone who buys only a few games here and there and that person just plays them every once in a while, also I think casual gamers will sell their old games if they're in between pay checks and they need money.

[Del Murder]

What if you have a lot of money? Can you still be a casual gamer?

[Germ Hamee]

Casual. Though I buy tons of video games, and refuse to sell them unless they suck, I almost never complete anything. I think the fact that I'm still level 49 in FFXI, a game I've subscribed to since NA launch, speaks for itself.

[Araciel]

i don't know...the term hardcore irks me in general...there's always someone more hardcore than you!

[ljkkjlcm9]

Where is the line?

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who buys a lot of games, plays them obsessively, and refuses to sell them because that person is a collecter. I think a casual gamer is someone who buys only a few games here and there and that person just plays them every once in a while, also I think casual gamers will sell their old games if they're in between pay checks and they need money.

I buy a lot of games, but don't play them obsessively. I never sell them, because I just like having them, never know if you'll play it again. I've become casual because honestly, I still like to get the games, and play em, but I can't play them for hours on end like I use to. I think a hardcore gamer is someone who can sit there and play a game for like 8 hours non stop basically, and loves every second of it. I can only do that with friends, or if the game is just amazing, which I haven't come across for awhile. The last game I was that addicted to.... was FFVI GBA, but that's because it's basically one of my top 3 games ever.

I define it by how much you can play a game. I mean, some people here may be hardcore, but they're not insane like some people who play them basically to live. People that speed run games, are insanely hardcore, and I'll never be on that level.

THE JACKEL

[Wolf Kanno]

Where is the line?

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who buys a lot of games, plays them obsessively, and refuses to sell them because that person is a collecter. I think a casual gamer is someone who buys only a few games here and there and that person just plays them every once in a while, also I think casual gamers will sell their old games if they're in between pay checks and they need money.

Though I feel John touched upon a few of the requirements I feel there is a little more. I think hardcore players prefer challenge, the more insane the odds the better. DMC3 and Ninja Gaiden are wonderful examples of games that truly showed a clear line of who was hardcore and who is just casual.

I also don't believe hardcore is just for general gaming though the more insane tend to be very versatile. But hardcore can be relagated to one genre. I know several die hard hardcore FPS fans but they have never played anything else. How can they when they have marathon sessions of Halo, early morning is dedicated to Gears of War, Timesplitters is played to spice things up and finally a good old dose of Golden Eye 64 so they can remember their roots... There good people but lord knows I don't talk gaming with them.

Hardcore gamers are collectors and many like to import and most love to scour the game shops for rare gems. (I'm still looking for a copy of Elemental Gearbolts and FF:Mystic Quest).

But I believe the hardcore are the type of people who have a generally good knowledge of gaming and though they are warrant to have differing opinions and taste. Most agree that the main problems with games these days are originality and fun. They want games that reward you for putting time into them, hence fighting and rhythm games are saturated with hardcore gamers.

I feel a true casual gamer is someone who wants to just "pick up and go" and wants "instant satisfaction" from their games. They want games that have reasonable play times so they are not entitled to invest too much time. They want moderate to fairly easy challenge. They are easily swayed by flashy graphics and obvious "cool" factor. They need streamlined mechanics that require little skill to use efficiently.

Basically a casual gamer doesn't really want to earn anything in there games. They want to be great to begin with, have their money worths in fun play time and then ditch the game and never speak of it again.

A hardcore gamer enjoys the satisfaction of learning and building up to be good at their games. It's all about the satisfaction of putting effort into their games and knowing that it was actually challenging to accomplish it. They are also known to pick up and play games several times cause they actually you know... enjoy the game.

A hardcore gamer can be known to sell their games (hey, the rent is due and you only have so many pints of blood ) but they probably hold onto a few games they cherish like a mother would her child. I've known guys who sold their game systems but actually kept their favorite games for the system. I also feel that a casual gamer can be known to have a rather large collection as well, they just have dust on theirs...

[Discord]

Good question. No idea where the borders are.

Where is the line?

I think a hardcore gamer is someone who buys a lot of games, plays them obsessively, and refuses to sell them because that person is a collecter. I think a casual gamer is someone who buys only a few games here and there and that person just plays them every once in a while, also I think casual gamers will sell their old games if they're in between pay checks and they need money.

I don't sell the games because there could be a time when I want to play them again or when somebody else who I know wants to play them. And I like collecting things. Not just games, but all sort of stuff. Like DVDs from example. Am I a hardcore TV watcher if I don't sell my DVDs? I doubt it, since I haven't turned on my TV for a past month or so.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

What if you have a lot of money? Can you still be a casual gamer?

Well I think you're a casual gamer if you watch tv more often than you play video games and if you refuse to buy the PS3 because of the expensive price tag. Because a casual gamer isn't going to pay for six hundred dollars for a console, that person is going to wait until the price drops or that person is going to buy something else.

[Del Murder]

Then I am casual.

[Discord]

What if you have a lot of money? Can you still be a casual gamer?

Well I think you're a casual gamer if you watch tv more often than you play video games and if you refuse to buy the PS3 because of the expensive price tag. Because a casual gamer isn't going to pay for six hundred dollars for a console, that person is going to wait until the price drops or that person is going to buy something else.

Umm... yet again, poor definition. I have a couple of friends who own PS3s and don't even know what a GameCube is. Does that make them hardcore gamers?

I doubt it.

[Zeromus_X]

I guess I would be more of a casual gamer. I don't have as much time for games as I used to. But when I do play games, I do usually try to play them to completion, and I do some challenges sometimes for the games I'm remotely good at. But I don't think that makes me 'hardcore'.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

What if you have a lot of money? Can you still be a casual gamer?

Well I think you're a casual gamer if you watch tv more often than you play video games and if you refuse to buy the PS3 because of the expensive price tag. Because a casual gamer isn't going to pay for six hundred dollars for a console, that person is going to wait until the price drops or that person is going to buy something else.

Umm... yet again, poor definition. I have a couple of friends who own PS3s and don't even know what a GameCube is. Does that make them hardcore gamers?

I doubt it.

Well why don't you define what a casual gamer is smart ass!?

[StarlightAngel]

Very casual. I hardly ever finish games 'cause I'm lazy/lack skill.

[Discord]

Well why don't you define what a casual gamer is smart ass!?

You asked the question in the first place, so you should be able to define it yourself, shouldn't you?

I don't think that one can divide the gamer community into hardcore and casual types. There are many different breeds of gamers. There are those who barely know what a controller looks like, there are those who die because they forget to eat between the StarCraft sessions and there are guys who do it for their daily loaf of bread. I think that including a scale of 1 to 5 or 1 to 10 would be a much more appropriate solution for your question. Casual and Hardcore is simply too stereotypical and clicheeful to be defined.

Simple as that.