Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by Hero
No, that's that bullshit "core gamer" term that some overpaid PR hack made up for an E3 conference.
Exactly. All this butthurt over one's hobby being "invaded" by the impure infidels is pretty bullshit.
I don't have a problem with casual gamers. I like seeing all this advertising expanded to women and geezers. The term "core gamer" is retarded PR crap, though.
Not really.
Having subcultures discovered by the mainstream, only for them to be flooded with tools is pretty common. And it sucks.
Like anime for example. There was a time before Dragon Ball Z and the internet. A magical time when you could rent Macross Plus at a indie video store, watch it, think it is cool, and not be forced to think about it again.
Yoshi isn't completely crazy. There is a change in who game companies sell to. We are currently shifting from a gaming industry that focuses on young men to an industry that focuses on everyone. And yoshi being yoshi, he doesn't want everyone to be happy. He wants Yoshi to be happy.
Nintendo is leading the way. Everything points to that. Their sales figures. Their advertising. Just watch a modern DS commercial. There are now commercials with 40 year old white women playing a DS and they squeal in orgasmic delight as they play the game. And they also have commercials where the mother is bonding with her daughter and they are fighting over the game. Nintendo didn't make that commercial for shits and giggles. They are trying to widen their audience.
Just because yoshi bitches more than anyone else on this board does not mean what he says is not happening. The real problem is we are tired of hearing him bitch. And he is a little paranoid and shits his brain out anyone brings up hand helds.
The worst is the 360 commercial where the grandmother that is also on Glee spits milk out and says some bullshit about "now we're having fun." Sony's current marketing campaign is by far the best, though it pales in comparison to those of the past.
Video games are more than a sub-culture. They are an artistic medium like movies and music. There's enough room for all demographics. The existence of Sex and the City, Celine Dion, and Wii Fit doesn't hinder the existence of Dexter, Megadeth, and Gears of War in any way.
Just because there's room doesn't mean we should let undesirables fill it. We need a gaming border patrol.
This is only loosely related, but I figure more people would whine (is that possible?) if I started a new thread. Here is Nintendo mouthpiece Matt Casamassina finally putting the walking and quacking together and calling it a duck.
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