Wikipedia has a brief section on this[1], but essentially it means "buys on release". It's the people who follow reviewers and industry news, spread word-of-mou

Wikipedia has a brief section on this[1], but essentially it means "buys on release". It's the people who follow reviewers and industry news, spread word-of-mouth, play for dozens of hours, but don't demand features that would drive other customers away. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamer#Core_gamer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamer#Core_gamer