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Originally Posted by Lin2412
Angry Birds and Candy Crush! Haha. The Clash of the Clans is my best friend's father's favorite game. When I learned about it, I was really surprised because like my father, he was usually so adamant about video games in general. People change. Hahaha.
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Video games should not be considered like some kind of weird geek's anti-social activity anymore, it's an industry whose turnover is bigger than Hollywood's and is culturally speaking enriching.
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Originally Posted by pegasi&prefects
I have no problem with casual games being counted as video games! I don't discriminate between hard core and casual; if you game, you're a gamer.
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Well this is an issue that's a bit more complex that what it seems. I don't have a problem with casuals, I know there are strong views between hard-core and casuals but also between PC gamers, Playstation Gamers, Xbox gamers etc, which is kind of akin to the PC vs Apple rivalry.
But there are nonetheless some distinctions here. To a hardcore gamer, casuals are just that, casual. They don't have the same approach to video games, the dedication is not the same. It's like comparing in literature people that read magazines and maybe occasionally a novel or two and those who are totally dedicated to reading classics, modern and other types of literature and get savvy with all the time and commitment they take for their literary passion. In the end it's just a choice everybody do so I don't see any problem there.
The only problem I have is with the industry itself. In short, casuals have grown to become a
MUCH bigger group than hardcore gamers and the worry among the latter is that eventually they might become a niche community and that devs might simply lose interest in developing for them as there is much more money to be made in casual gaming. This is reflected in the amount of hardcore games shrinking with every passing year. After all why spend years developing a Shadow of the Colossus or a Dark Souls in the future that in the best case scenario will sell maybe a couple million units when you can make a GTA 5 for a much larger audience that will sell close to 40 million units.