Ouya will have a wide range of games from hard core to social games, including shooters, RPGs, racing and sports games.

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On the other end are more hard-core games on Facebook produced by the likes of Kabam.

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He acknowledged that Nintendo is making a concerted effort to attract fans of hard-core games, and to generally offer more mature titles for its console than in the past.

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Nintendo's moves to embrace fans of hard-core games comes at an auspicious time, analysts say, as the company will be releasing its new console at least a year before the competition.

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But free-to-play, virtual goods-based games have been associated with casual, relatively simple social games, so will hard core gamers play them?

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Employing a radical new interface and games designed to appeal to hard-core gamers and nontraditional audiences alike, the Revolution can help move Nintendo from its position as the steady third player in the American gaming market, Kaplan says.

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According to Gadi Tirosh, a general partner with Jerusalem Venture Partners and a member of the board of directors of Playcast, a cloud gaming pioneer, cloud gaming does not attract the hard-core gamers that rush to buy the latest consoles and console games.

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In order to succeed in Asia, and in the global business, Hanson believe game companies will need to embrace the cross-platform model to deliver games for all levels of gamers, from newbies to hard-core users playing more than 22 hours per week.

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