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Describing regular gamers and the games and their choice of play, the Pew survey results clash with the AP story's ‘core gamer’ angle. The AP story cited several examples of core gamers, all younger and middle-aged men. However, according to the Pew data, while young people are far more likely to game than senior citizens, those seniors are more likely to play more owing to the fact that they have more free time. Moreover, recent sales data shows consumers are spending more on casual gaming titles, such as Wii Fit and Cooking Mama.
A quick look at Amazon's best selling games shows Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Club Penguin for DS, and Wii Music in the top 10. The only core title to make it into the top 10 was Call of Duty: World at War. VG Chartz shows a similar trend -- four of the top five games are casual games for the Nintendo Wii, arguably the one console not designed for the typical hardcore gamer.

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