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Great read. Everyone should read this article before commenting. Absolutely it will. And who does the core belong too? Yep, you guessed it. SONY! Nintendo abandoned the core with the Wii and are failing hard trying to get them back. MS abandoned the hardcore from 2010 on and will have a hard time getting them back as well. The core will easily flock to the PS4 because they know Sony will always deliver games. The PS3 still has two new IPs coming this year alone for crying out loud.
With the original Xbox Microsoft tried all kinds of new series. Most of them were platforming games in an attenpt to find a new mascot. They were always trying to attract some of the younger gamers - or older gamers fond of those kinds of games (platforming games were the staple of many consoles). Then they attracted younger gamers with the Kinect.
I think that it's great that they did this. Sony offer relatively little that is not available elsewhere for younger gamers.
No-one doubts that Sony caters for hardcore and indie tastes peerlessly well, especially in the closing years of each generation. But they're a bit 'meh' for younger gamers. They will offer nothing really classic in to the 'family fun' segment. They should really try to get something like an exclusivity deal with Sega. That could really hurt Microsoft. Even if you haven't played a Sega game for a while, you'd notice.
next generation will be decided by great games and great franchises and with that said wiiu will be ahead to stay once nintendo start releasing its franchises for it...they need to put them all out there..
I found it interesting that someone decided to finally take on the "core gamer" which finally deserves a definition other than always hearing about the "casual" or "hardcore" gamer. I did think it was interesting that you said Assassin's Creed and Zombie U were "core" games when they technically are hardcore since they both involve blood and guts and the like. You were pretty dead on with acknowledging Call of Duty as a hardcore game and I think you also mentioned diehard Mario and Zelda fans as also being "hardcore" too. I myself consider myself myself a "hardcore" Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. player and casual as far as Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, etc. But then there are the subdivisions of those main definitions like platformer, shooter, etc. So, I ask, if I am a major hardcore Mario platforming fan does that make me a hardcore casual gamer? I still am coming away a little confused as to what your true definition of "core gamer" is. Do you mean its a gamer who is grounded in liking both casual and hardcore games (both M rated and major fans of)? Looking back at the PS4 reveal I am trying to remember where the casual non M rated game was but if I remember right wasn't the dude leading the majority of the meeting working on a casual platformer? Just because old farts like myself who love good old school stuff like 8-bit or 16-bit doesn't mean we should be counted out because we are alive and well and won't be silenced.
Wait a minute, within the past year or so, I just bout Halo 4, Forza Horizon, Witcher 2, Mass Effect 3, Black Ops 2, dishonored, Assasin's Creed 3, Resident evil 6, nba 2k13, binary Domain, borderlands 2, dragons Dogma, devil May Cry, far cry 3, dead or alive 5, darksiders 2, sleeping dogs, max payne 3, kingdom of Amalur, sf vs Tekken, alan wake american nightmare, Dead Space 3, metal gear Revengenge, and will be getting Bioshock Infinite and GOW Judgement coming up.
So are you telling me that there were no hardcore games to be played in a Microsoft system? People tend to forget that 3rd party support makes up 99 percent of the core games and even if Sony has a couple of extra exclusive game per year, Alot of people, including myself are not interested. Twisted Metal, Starhawk, LBP Kart, and Sony smash brothers I have no interested in them and why should I when 3 of my favorite core games from last years were Halo 4, Forza Horizon, and the Witcher 2.
Things are not going to change next generation , both parties will have plenty of exclusives and all the third party core game support, but I preferred Microsoft exclusives more than Sony's offering. that is all.