Is The ‘Hardcore’ Audience Disappearing?

Is The ‘Hardcore’ Audience Disappearing?

-Mezzo-|14 years ago|Culture

Forbes – Ignited by Nintendo‘s original Wii system and propelled aggressively forward by iOS releases like Angry Birds and Temple Run, the casual games market is poised to become an $8.64 billion industry by 2014. But how did it perform in 2012, and could hardcore games become an endangered genre?

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