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I'm pretty sure the PS2 is considered retro now too.
by RobotToaster 3y ago
I'm pretty sure the PS2 is considered retro now too.
- jonny_eh 3y agoMany in the community, such as the long-running Retronauts podcast, use 10 years as the line when something becomes "retro". By that definition, the PS4 becomes retro later this year.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI'd even argue that any console that is no longer in production can be considered retro; after all, you're then dependent on secondhand consoles and repairs to be able to play things on them; they have become a finite product.
- bogwog 3y agoThere are Gen Z that played PS3/Xbox 360 when they were children, and are now adults out of college with their own children. I think that's a good measure of "retro", and it would mean PS4 will enter retro status in ~2031.
- a_cardboard_box 3y agoMost modern games could be ported to the PS3 and Xbox 360, keeping gameplay the same but lowering graphical fidelity. The same cannot be said of porting N64 games to the NES. I think a better measure of retro-ness would include the degree to which gameplay experience is influenced by the game's age.
- consentreality 3y agoThe PS2 was released as far from now, in 2000, as the Atari 2600 was to it, in 1977.
- layer8 3y agoHow many orders of retrotude is that in total?
- LesZedCB 3y ago42
- cubefox 3y agoThat just blew my mind.
- doubled112 3y agoThe progress that was made in the last 23 years doesn't feel as massive as those first 23 years, does it?