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Despite previous assertions from Microsoft that it’s upcoming Xbox 360 peripheral Natal is very much for the hardcore gamer as well as the casual market, Michael Pachter has claimed that simply isn’t the case. Microsoft isn’t concerned about the gaming community with Natal, they’re concerned about the gaming community’s mothers …
Read More »PS3 ‘to end hardcore stigma’
Sony’s PlayStation 3 will no longer be pigeonholed a hardcore-only console, according one of the first developers building a game for the system’s new Move motion controller.Jon Torrens, designer on the upcoming Move-based title TV Superstars, joined a group of Move developers who recently spoke to Develop about their intentions …
Read More »Rising Star puts faith in hardcore
Japanese games specialist Rising Star hopes to draw in the hardcore Wii gaming audience when No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle hits the console. The 2008 original received a variety of positive reviews, including a 94 per cent from NGamer and a nine out of ten score awarded from Edge. …
Read More »Nintendo: Were not good at core games
In his most brazen statement on the subject to date, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that the platform holder isn’t very good at making hardcore games – and furthermore, that core games aren’t a focus for the firm. The fact of the matter is we know we …
Read More »THQ planning core digital push
The mounting pressure on retail has been turned up another notch with news that THQ is planning up to six download-only titles within the next 12 months, some of which will be based on its highest-profile IPs. The publisher’s VP of core games Danny Bilson told Joystiq that THQ’s plans …
Read More »Sony: Motion Control for hardcore too
Echoing similar assurances given by Microsoft last June, Sony has stated that whilst the mass-market implications for its upcoming Motion Controller are obvious, the device will also cater to the core games audience too. We have games that will address both the casual consumer and the core,” SCEA’s senior VP …
Read More »Capcom: Resi Darkside Chronicles a disappointment
Capcom France’s Antoine Seux has declared Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles to be a disappointment” after it failed to meet sales expectations. Speaking to Gamekult (translated by Nintendo Everything), he attributed the game’s poor performance – 16,000 units in three weeks – to the lack of hardcore gamers within the …
Read More »THQ focuses on core market in 2010
THQ has signed the rights to a new Russian-made FPS – as it bids to grow its core gamer audience in the next 12 months. Metro 2033, by Russia’s 4A Games, rounds out a trio of titles in key genres due for release at the start of next year. The …
Read More »Natal is for the hardcore too
Those who fear that the motion-based casual games revolution that was E3 jeopardises the core games market can rest at ease – Microsoft has assured users that Natal will be a platform for hardcore titles too. We love the existing controller, it’s not going anywhere and there will continue to …
Read More »Nintendo insists casual is not taking over the market
Speaking to CasualGaming.biz as part of its Girl Gaming Month, Nintendo’s UK Wii product manager Rob Lowe has stated that the rise in popularity of casual software has not had any detrimental affect on the importance of hardcore titles in the market. There is clear room for both and any …
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