I seem to be a bastard child of casual and hardcore by those definitions. Casual in that I don't play very often at all, once in a while, hardcore in that I play rather more involved titles in big sessions.
Poll: Types of Gamers
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I'm a flight-simmer that takes great pride in my perfect landings, practice and patience are key. I have a seperate box to control my autopilot, heading, trim and flaps. It has a big red digital display......hardcore is my only option!
You realise that most of these aren't mutually exclusive, right? Like a pro hardocre import retrogamer is somebody who plays impossible mario romhacks from overseas.killjoy108 said:
To add more content. I play old games. I know a total of one good game made locally, so I guess I might qualify as an import gamer for the sheer impossibility of doing otherwise. And that says pretty much nothing about my gaming habits.
There should be a "no category" option.
I would say that I am more than a casual gamer, because I like to play games a lot and love different varieties as well. But I also never compete in tournaments, play for money, spend my time on imported games or play old games as well.
I would say that I am more than a casual gamer, because I like to play games a lot and love different varieties as well. But I also never compete in tournaments, play for money, spend my time on imported games or play old games as well.
Where is the "other" option?
Because I mix it all up, I'll go completely casual on some games and hardcore on others and sometimes the retro fever gets me and I'll replay a whole batch of oldies.
Because I mix it all up, I'll go completely casual on some games and hardcore on others and sometimes the retro fever gets me and I'll replay a whole batch of oldies.
I put myself down as a 'Hardcore Gamer', if tentatively, because it has connotations dangerous to my fledgling social life.
How about moderate/retro?
I used to fall under the hardcore category, but I slowly drifted away from doing nothing but playing videogames.
I used to fall under the hardcore category, but I slowly drifted away from doing nothing but playing videogames.
I'd agree it's not necessary to pre-weight the categories with demographics, even if they may be accurate. You're just baiting people to take offence and complain about it.
I also think there's a category missing- eclectic gamers. I definitely put in the time that hardcore gamers might, but I certainly don't put that all into one genre or even one system. I think it's important to decouple the idea of a casual gamer from casual games... I'm sure you can get a hardcore gamer who is only into casual games.
I also think there's a category missing- eclectic gamers. I definitely put in the time that hardcore gamers might, but I certainly don't put that all into one genre or even one system. I think it's important to decouple the idea of a casual gamer from casual games... I'm sure you can get a hardcore gamer who is only into casual games.
Definitely not a casual gamer, haven't been since...well ever, I guess
I'm assuming a pro gamer means you play games as a profession, and that's not me
Not a newbie, haven't been for years now. Though I somehow still have the skills of one
It'd be interesting to be an import gamer, but I don't have the money or the resources to play imported games
Honestly, I can't stand retrogamers. Not because they play retro games, nothing wrong with that, but because of most of their elitist "8bit > 3D" attitude. Not saying they're all like that, but most of the ones I've met are
I'm assuming a pro gamer means you play games as a profession, and that's not me
Not a newbie, haven't been for years now. Though I somehow still have the skills of one
It'd be interesting to be an import gamer, but I don't have the money or the resources to play imported games
Honestly, I can't stand retrogamers. Not because they play retro games, nothing wrong with that, but because of most of their elitist "8bit > 3D" attitude. Not saying they're all like that, but most of the ones I've met are
Casual gamer. I don't do many of the bejeweled and other similar games, but I don't play obsessively. I'm decent at games, I got to the level cap of (I think, it's been a while since I've stopped playing) 60 in Bioshock 2's multiplayer in about four days by completing challenges like a fiend.
I find games that I like and stick to them. I'll play them for hours and hours, but not generally more than an hour or so at a time.
I find games that I like and stick to them. I'll play them for hours and hours, but not generally more than an hour or so at a time.
While I'll agree that the OP's catagories are more than a bit stereotyped, "casual games" as the industry defines them are played by more women then men. And I mean women-- average age is in the forties. 4 realz:Verlander said:
http://gigaom.com/2010/02/17/average-social-gamer-is-a-43-year-old-woman/
And the average game buyer is in his 30s. Factor in the kid's whose parents bought them the games, and the average is still 29 years old. Gamers are still mostly male, but less and less so-- 2004 industry survey found that the demographic was 59% male:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-05-12-gamer-demographics_x.htm
These are industry studies, ordered up by those who will be wagering millions of dollars on the next game.
Point being, the videogame audience is far far more diverse and non-stereotypical than most might believe. Six or seven catagories? Heh. Try a hundred or so microdemographics.