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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.

So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.

Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?

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[–] cybervseas 4 points 4 days ago (5 children)

What about Dreamcast? 🤔

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Original Xbox, GameCube, PS2, Dreamcast - "old."

PS3, Xbox 360, Wii - "modern."

PS4, Xbox One - "previous gen"

PS5, Xbox Series - "current gen"

Nintendo Switch - "2015 smartphone"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But the PS3 / 360 are coming up to 20 years old. Hell, one of my adult colleagues was born after the 360 was released. Can they really be considered modern anymore?

[–] BoxOfFeet 2 points 2 days ago

I have a hard time thinking of a console that came with HDMI as anything but modern.

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