Cooking Mama heats up Majesco sales

Cooking Mama... so hot...

These guys are just around the corner from me. Glad to hear things are getting better for them.

There is no such thing as a hardcore games and casual games. There is only those who have fun playing some videogames and those who turn some of them into a job. It has nothing to do with type of game or console. Let me give you an example. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Most people played it for fun and then sold it. Nice and simple. I played it religiously until I had an S-rank on every stage. I turned it into a job. However, on the same day I will have a bit of fun with Warioware. Do you see what I am getting at? Some people play FPS's through once and then sell/forget them. It was just a bit of fun. Just the same as granny playing Wii Sports. On the other hand, some people play FPS's to death and carry on with them online. Granny might be obsessed with getting all the gold medals. It is how each individual approaches a certain game but there is no such thing as a cut and dry hardcore game or gamer or vice versa.

those who call themselves "hardcore" gamers are those who have too much insecurities that they can only play bloody fpses. they need those big guns to compensate for their shortcomings. if you know what i mean.

hey, don't dis mama. She's cool. I enjoy a wide variety of games from CM to Mario and bioshock to Final Fantasy. I don't know why people are saying this is a sad day for hardcore gamers. To me, any game sale is a good one (ok, maybe not chicken shoot), but this variety of games is what is skyrocketing the industry. If you don't believe me, ask any of the numerous friends I've got hooked on guitar hero. And they are the furthest thing away from being gamers.

what is the definition of hardcore? I've been playing games since I was 5. I have stacks of game and watch, and every console since. And lately I've been playing a lot of what is now labeled "casual or non games" and so I'm not a hardcore gamer? Do I have to play FPS or something to be called hardcore? Did this happen before when RPGs or other new game genres came into being? For me, it doesn't matter what genre you play, it's more about the amount of time you spend playing that might get someone labeled as hardcore. If I play cooking Mama 12 hours a day, every day of the year, I feel more hardcore than someone who plays Halo3 for an hour every week.

People seem to think that the increase in casual gaming will somehow decrease the number of 'hardcore' games. It hasn't, and it won't. You know why it seems like there are so few hardcore games? Because they take 2 years or more to make. They keep getting delayed. They take a much greater attention to the finest details, because if those details aren't there, the hardcore fans will be up in arms. How long does it take to make something like Cooking Mama, as opposed to the newest Halo or Metal Gear Solid? And that is why there are seemingly more casual games than hardcore.

CaptCheeseGuy : I know Majesco is doing well with its games now that it is targeting a more casual audience, but would it hurt them to put out another Bloodrayne or Psychonauts =================================== Yeah, I want a Bloodrayne game also. Some time ago, Majesco was strruggling and decided to concentrate on handhelds to save money. This may explain why we have not seen a sequel to Bloodrayne or Psychonauts for consoles. Majesco should release Bloodrayne for PSP. I did not play Psychonauts.

Not all gamers like shooting things or beating people up...I personally have no interest in Cooking Mama, but I have a relative that keeps begging me to buy it for her (she's 14). I'm sure this sort of thing isn't isolated. It's just the way things go. Before games had to have stories, unlockables, multiple characters and fighting styles, games were more about doing simple tasks to score points... casual games, I guess, are a return to form for many gamers who abandoned the 16-button control layouts of today's games. It's not pretty, but hey, it's not like more serious games aren't making ANY money...be thankful that not all developers are catering to this flood of casual gaming success, and that you can still enjoy your Halo, Zelda, Metroid, CoD, God of War or Gears next to your kid sister or aunt playing Cooking Mama, Brain Age or Phoenix Wright.

I think Psychonauts is the only good game I've played from Majesco. Haven't played many, can only think of worms 4 which is ok and psychonauts which is great. Don't care that casual games sell well. I think its good for the video game industry and for the companies themselves. I personally would love to not work hard and make more money than when I did work hard. Ex Psychonauts: great game didn't sell well.

I know Majesco is doing well with its games now that it is targeting a more casual audience, but would it hurt them to put out another Bloodrayne or Psychonauts

Its games like this that show, Kiddie Crap can be profitable, but man do the Hardcore gamers hate this stuff. Lets make cheap, cheesey games and sell them for full price = $$$. Sad indeed, but look on the bright side, A you don't have to buy it if you don't want it, and B there are more gamers because of the casual market now, and the casual market to add people playing the games the hardcore gamer play. More people to play with!

i bought it expecting this great game but cookina mama, although new and original, was the most boring game i had ever played. tetris is funn then cooking mama. i thought i was a bit of a casual gamer but i prefer games where things go BOOM.

Behold the power of the casual gamer, able to keep shovelware companies like Majesco alive and thriving.

Wow....sad day for the hardcore gamers.

Casual gaming at it's best... or worst, depending on your point of view. As long as games like these continue to make money, more will come and games for the hard core player will start to diminish.

Before Cooking Mama, all I could do was boil water... now, i'm cooking boxes of Mac n' Cheese like never before! Thank you, Cooking Mama!

The only good one here looks like Blast Works >_>