Western game devs have realized and capitalized on the market that most people treat games as either tous or interactive story books and this poll is evidence.
Everybody who voted too hard is literally a casual.
Or we're not talking about the same games...When we say too hard, we're not necessarily talking about our games or games we own. We're talking about which we would rather not play. When we think of too hard, we could be thinking about a games from somewhere else. Or from years ago. Or just thinking of a game in general. We're not saying our games are too hard. But that we would rather have a too easy game instead of too hard...
A game thats too easy is nothing but a time sink.
Evenif you play a game thats impossible to win, pushing yourself mentally and sometimes physically to try winning still leaves your body with objectively positive gains than the brain drain that comes from playing a simplified skinners box.
Again, preferring something easy is a casual mentality, not just in videogames but life as a whole.
Most people are casuals though. I dont know why people try hiding it aside from corrupting the groups that want to push their limits.
Anything video game related is a time sink. And the poll is not about easy or hard in general, it's about too easy and too hard which is an important distinction. I can deal with games like Mega Man 1, Zelda 2, the Souls series, etc. which are generally considered challenging. But stuff like Kaizo Mario is just made to frustrate players and I'd rather not devote so much time to beating it. ---
Delicious and vicious, while maliciously nutritious.