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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mesamunefire to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The fact that younger generations are picking it up suggest it's not just nostalgia. It's not someone who was there wishing things were still like their childhood. Something has downright broken in the games industry for this to happen.

Something like my generation (elder millennial) listening to Stairway and Dark Side of the Moon. The associated industry was not providing in modern times, so we looked back.

[–] xkforce 3 points 8 months ago

It seems the zoomers picked up a lot of millenial culture. Which I suspect is because the zoomers were exposed to a lot of our culture from an early age. i.e theyre nostalgic for the same stuff because they also grew up being exposed to that culture when they were little