Economic Crisis? "Core" Gamers Will Save The Day!-terrible journalism

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_CORE_VIDEO_GAMERS?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://kotaku.com/5113788/economic-crisis-core-gamers-will-save-the-day

???
where do they get this idea from?? did they not look and analyze the november sales charts of the consoles?!
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171793
the amount of nintendo buyers for wii and ds only confirms the total opposite. am i missing on how the hardcore gamer will somehow save the day when the amount of wii units sold is greater then the amount of the hardcore units sold?! clearly if the casuals are to save money during the hard economy, then the amount of wii's and ds sold would have been smaller but it isn't. i am so confused on how they made this conclusion. clearly there is something wrong here.

also, remember that there are many third party developers that are either closing or getting shorter. how exactly will they make enough games that actually will sell to the hardcore especially with the amount of budget needed and time when money is tight? we will see how well the third parties can stay with the hardcore before they "go" and before they go to the wii console.