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It was introduced barely 20 years ago. By that rationale the PS3 is a retro console

LeoPanthera 4mo ago
The PS3 is a retro console.
wlesieutre 4mo ago
In 2000 when the PS2 came out was the NES a retro console? It was 17 years old, or 14 years since wide distribution in the USA. What counts as "retro" basically comes down to when the person you ask was born.
- holycrapwhodat 4mo ago
  New NES were still available in the US through at least Christmas 1992, and in Europe deep into 1995, both selling alongside the SNES since 1991. The final new international games were released in 1994, but Europe still got new games into 1995. Japanese Famicoms were still being sold in Japan when the PS2 released. They sold more in Japan in 2001 than in 2000. So no, calling the NES "retro" in 2000 wouldn't have made all too much sense.
  - cwillu 4mo ago
    Except people definitely did call it retro back then, so clearly the facts you point out aren't the entire picture of what makes something retro.
  - wlesieutre 4mo ago
    I don't have the magazine to verify, but wikipedia says > In 2005, Retro Gamer called Snes9x "the best SNES emulator available".[12] If there was a Retro Gamer magazine writing about SNES emulators, I think it's safe to say some people did consider even the SNES to be retro, 14 years after its US release. My personal experience having used Snes9x around that time, we also considered it retro. Clearly not everyone though, which is my point in saying what's retro will depend on who you ask.
Kuinox 4mo ago
yes the ps3 is now considered a retro console.
- cookiengineer 4mo ago
  > yes the ps3 is now considered a retro console. kids these days... stares at the C64 in the corner
ssl-3 4mo ago
It tracks. Let's put it into perspective: By 2006 when the PS3 came 'round, the NES was definitely retro. It wasn't a livingroom staple anymore, and examples that survived were well-loved (either in the wear-and-tear way, in the appreciation-of-objects way, or both). The NES was only ~21 years old at the time that the PS3 came out.

The PS3 is a retro console.

In 2000 when the PS2 came out was the NES a retro console? It was 17 years old, or 14 years since wide distribution in the USA. What counts as "retro" basically comes down to when the person you ask was born.

holycrapwhodat 4mo ago
New NES were still available in the US through at least Christmas 1992, and in Europe deep into 1995, both selling alongside the SNES since 1991. The final new international games were released in 1994, but Europe still got new games into 1995. Japanese Famicoms were still being sold in Japan when the PS2 released. They sold more in Japan in 2001 than in 2000. So no, calling the NES "retro" in 2000 wouldn't have made all too much sense.
- cwillu 4mo ago
  Except people definitely did call it retro back then, so clearly the facts you point out aren't the entire picture of what makes something retro.
- wlesieutre 4mo ago
  I don't have the magazine to verify, but wikipedia says > In 2005, Retro Gamer called Snes9x "the best SNES emulator available".[12] If there was a Retro Gamer magazine writing about SNES emulators, I think it's safe to say some people did consider even the SNES to be retro, 14 years after its US release. My personal experience having used Snes9x around that time, we also considered it retro. Clearly not everyone though, which is my point in saying what's retro will depend on who you ask.

Kuinox 4mo ago

yes the ps3 is now considered a retro console.

cookiengineer 4mo ago
> yes the ps3 is now considered a retro console. kids these days... stares at the C64 in the corner

ssl-3 4mo ago

It tracks. Let's put it into perspective: By 2006 when the PS3 came 'round, the NES was definitely retro. It wasn't a livingroom staple anymore, and examples that survived were well-loved (either in the wear-and-tear way, in the appreciation-of-objects way, or both). The NES was only ~21 years old at the time that the PS3 came out.