Do you need quad-core for gaming?

Really attracted by the 13" retina MBP (although i've read many very mixed reviews). Was hoping someone could help me with a niggling concern with it; will the dual-core i5 be enough for running parallel Windows/OS, photoshop and gaming, all day, everyday?
By the time you upgrade the 256GB 13" to i7 you're into the 15" terratory which comes with quad-core i7 as standard. Just put off by the size...
Would really appreciate peoples thoughts on this.
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Will the dual-core i5 be able to handle parallel OS, photo editing and gaming or are we talking quad-core i7 realms to manage this comfortably?
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