http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/11/30/casual-hardcore-is-possible/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/11/30/casual-hardcore-is-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-555 JC Barnett Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:57:27 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2007/11/30/casual-hardcore-is-possible/#comment-555 Exactly! And with a wider audience it is also possible to serve the many varying needs of everybody in small doses, in the same way there will be a certain kind of book for anyone, no matter how niche. I think the hard-core's main problem is their loss of authority as the #1 undisputed, champion game consumer. Hopefully this wider net will also tackle the outrageous budgets and team sizes used to cater for this increasingly unimportant hard-core crowd. They will still get their fill, but hopefully others will too now. Exactly! And with a wider audience it is also possible to serve the many varying needs of everybody in small doses, in the same way there will be a certain kind of book for anyone, no matter how niche. I think the hard-core’s main problem is their loss of authority as the #1 undisputed, champion game consumer.
Hopefully this wider net will also tackle the outrageous budgets and team sizes used to cater for this increasingly unimportant hard-core crowd.
They will still get their fill, but hopefully others will too now.

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