"Hardcore vs Casual games." is a meaningless phrase.

The Escapist recently had an article that commented on the definition of hardcore commonly accepted in the gaming scene. I recommend reading it, and agree with the closing message. To call this game casual or hardcore, or that player hardcore or casual is a statement often thrown about with negative connotations; usually with the individual or game in question being too much of one or the other, but which one, and did you actually mean it as an insult? Without taking in a lot of supporting context it is almost impossible to tell, this is obviously quite problematic. Why do we even do this, when really casual and hardcore don't mean what we are trying to say.

I was going to develop for the iPhone, but I'm no longer considering it.

I am not the only one in this boat, there are a number of others of a higher profile than mine (not a hard status to reach ;) ) that have thrown up their arms in disgust at the behaviour of Apple with regards to developers, however the voices we have heard sing this tune before have been established entities, well travelled in the arena of iPhone development. On the other hand I was just beginning, but without even having to go through the horrendous approval process I decided this was not the place to be.