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Originally Posted by watershed

I didn't hear that. The talk about consoles being doomed was that casuals were no longer interested, not that hardcore gamers had lost interest. Right now we are seeing the hardcore fans rushing to buy these new next-gen consoles. But that doesn't say anything about what will happen after these initial consumers have made their purchases.

I beg to differ. There were multiple articles about how the number of hardcore gamers were switching to different platforms or quitting gaming. How consoles were gonna stuggle out of the gate due to sales pressure from Iphones and tablets. Along side the casuald who have "moved on" also.

Right now we're seeing a record number of customers come out and buy consoles at launch. Thats significant.

Originally Posted by Triple U

I beg to differ. There were multiple articles about how the number of hardcore gamers were switching to different platforms or quitting gaming. How consoles were gonna stuggle out of the gate due to sales pressure from Iphones and tablets. Along side the casuald who have "moved on" also.

Right now we're seeing a record number of customers come out and buy consoles at launch. Thats significant.

Okay, if people wrote things to that affect then fine. But for me the test of whether the home console market has grown, shrunk, or stagnated will come in the two or three years, not in the first weeks of a new generation of hardware.

Originally Posted by watershed

Okay, if people wrote things to that affect then fine. But for me the test of whether the home console market has grown, shrunk, or stagnated will come in the two or three years, not in the first weeks of a new generation of hardware.

Thats fine. Still, it seems pretty disengenous to try and paint these record breaking launches as just another day in the park.

Originally Posted by Triple U

Thats fine. Still, it seems pretty disengenous to try and paint these record breaking launches as just another day in the park.

Please show me where I was being disingenuous.

I am getting so incredibly sick and tired of any title with: "Why... Don't Matter Right Now".
Fuck you gaming journalism.

We talked about this stupid shit in this thread.