Don @ Gamingvice.net writes:
"After hearing and talking about what constitutes in one being a hardcore gamer and which games or consoles are forgetting about them, namely Nintendo, I then begin to ask "what is a hardcore gamer?"."
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
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I'm not sure if I'd consider myself a hardcore gamer though. I play games all the time, but I never really try to master a game. To me there are too many games out there that need me to play them. I don't have the time to perfect this one or that one.
Back to the topic. I think it depends on the person. It could be that the people attracted to becoming hardcore gamers are generally lazy people. Then again, there is no doubt in my mind that there are plenty of hardcore gamers out there who still find time to do what they need to do, and play games. I find myself in the latter category, but laziness still creeps up on me from time to time.
I agree to what Rememberthe357 has stated, it pretty much depends on the person, but it also may depend on the time of the year also. For me I'm really lazy during the summer and Spring months for some reason, but during the Fall and Winter months I'm pretty much trying to do everything at once. Then again I don't know if I could count myself as a Hardcore gamer, I play everything and only a select few games I will try to go all the way on. Such as my 80 hour count run on Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 in the attempt to get the Platinum.
Maybe it's just warm weather that makes me sleepy versus the cold and snow that pumps me up to do something.
No, it's a generalization. Gotta stop assuming gamers don't have like...jobs or other hobbies. Gamers aren't one-dimensional people.
"You might ask 'Who is The Don to judge?' It’s not me who should do the judging, but rather you judging yourself and realize that you’re spending your time accomplishing nothing in the real world."
Your horse is much too high. It's entertainment. We don't have to 'accomplish' anything when we watch movies, concerts, plays, or read books. It's purely to entertain.