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Nah, i described a certain type of player, who plays these games in a competitive manner (ie; to win, not just sit there and play a game because it's a game) and enjoys a skill-based game. Players who play the games to get better at them because they enjoy shooters specifically, and CoD/BF appeal directly to. I wouldn't classify myself as 'hardcore'. That means a totally different thing to me. I would say I'm a part of a majority though, because I experience a LOT of people JUST LIKE ME in these games. There are more casual players than me, and there are more hardcore players than me. But the vast majority, tend to be people who play them semi-seriously and really enjoy the competitive nature created by these games. Those are the people I see this style of game appealing DIRECTLY to. I know it's the most popular series at the moment, but how many of those sales ACTUALLY went online? That's why I say there is a serious skill-gap between a lot of players. If you're a casual player and you go online, odds are you're going to hate it, because everyone is better than you. Because the people that play all the time are who the game is meant to appeal to.
Hardcore players, live and breath games like this. That's not who I'm talking about. Alright, perhaps the forum-warriors are hardcore, and those aren't a majority. But as far as the type of people like myself who play these games for the reasons I mentioned, I feel they are DEFINITELY the majority.
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