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at what point do you draw the line for "retro"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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And what category does the PS2, Wii, Xbox, Nintendo DS/3DS fit into? They aren't retro, but they're not really "modern" either

Edit:sorry about posting 4 times, it kept telling me that it had a correction error

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[–] WhoRoger 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I see as retro as everything that's unsupported (doesn't get new official games, hardware isn't sold) and emulateable.

I mean, yes sure SNES feels "more retro" than a PS3 for sure, but games in 8bit or 16bit style are still made today. And after the sprite-based consoles, there is no clear cut anymore.

I suppose you could make a cut at shader support, i.e. after PS2, but then then the OG Xbox is between worlds then and spoils the generational difference.

Someone suggested HDMI, but the first iteration of X360 didn't have that, while older consoles like GC can be more easily retrofitted.

So, either the cut-off is between sprites/16b and 3D/32b, orrr... Just the support.

[–] Call_Me_Maple 1 points 1 year ago

Well I suppose it's what you define as retro. To me Retro is an era, unmoving in time, after years have past and the PS5 becomes as old in age as the PSX is now, then do we consider the PS5 retro? What of the PSX then? Or do we move on from "modern" as a current(in this hypothetical) standard? Post-modern, neo-renaissance whatever the new terms we use end up being.