Did I say EA's Hockey game is better? lol
And I doubt I could be classified as a casual gamer... seeing that I have almost 10,000 posts at this forum, and have purchased over 50 games this generation for all three consoles... and have a subscription to IGN insider Game Informer, and EGM... and over 1,000 posts at Gamefaqs... plus I worked at a game store and have a membership there where I get 10% off of used games... I doubt a casual gamer would go that far for information on games
(am I wrong?)
I haven't even had a chance to play the hockey games this year, and all I know for sure is that Sega's has better graphics.... and I can't that be my judge because if I went off of graphics alone, ESPN games would be better than Madden, NCAA Football, NBA Live, and NCAA March Madness... and this is not the case. At least not in my opinion (and these games I have played).
I simply thought MP was a crappy game, and I played GTA enough to beat WW 3 times over.... I purchased all three, so I think I have the right to my opinion. (Even though I got MP for free with my 2nd GCN, and I took it back within a week because it was so crappy)
So I guess me liking EA sports over sega sports, and the fact that GTA is one of my favorite games of all time makes me a casual gamer, and the fact that you love MP and like WW more than GTA... and you like ESPN NHL more than NHL 2004 makes you hardcore... give me a break.