I went to a Gamestop the other day, and they had a little section for pre-owned games for older systems (think Xbox360, PS2, DS, etc). I was perusing and grabbed some games, but I noticed something, the cases that have the XBOX360 games have a giant “RETRO GAMING” on it in the centre. So I am like wtf, I grew up with the XBOX360, what the hell do they mean “retro”.

So I went and asked like friends and other people if the XBOX360 is retro now, and basically everyone was like “yeah”. I was talking to my EX about it and she was like “the xbox came out in 2005/6. There is more time between us and the xbox360 than there was between the xbox and the SNES when the xbox came out. Was the SNES “retro” when the xbox360 came out?”

I am like not ready, not willing to accept the XBOX360 as retro. Because that is saying my thing that I grew up with is “retro” or “old” now and im not ready to accept that because im not ready to be old.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    That’s not how “retro” works. If a song came out today, as opposed to any number of Green Day songs, which came out in the 90s, and 2000s, are considered retro.

    You don’t have to do anything different with todays songs vs Green Day songs. You can play them just the same way.

    Yet one is clearly retro.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Music and games aren’t quite the same deal. If you need specialized equipment to play a game, it’s retro.

      • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I never realized it’s legit a mini transmitter to your TV’s Antennae @.@.

        Like wireless HDMI.

        But now we stuck with DRM for failed ATSC 3.0 release :/

        Imagine what could have been.

      • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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        2 days ago

        That’s just the cord that came with the system, nothing very special about it. And it’s still perfectly compatible with modern TVs

      • And009@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Disagree, but that standard every proprietary console except xbox and ps are retro.

        It’s simply few generations older. If teenagers today weren’t born, It’s retro.

        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Naturally I’m biased because the stuff I grew up on is officially “Vintage” at this point. ;)

          • And009@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Yea it doesn’t feel right, I’m sure we’ll soon have classic and modern retro categories

        • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Handhelds are really their own deal. I’d argue vintage is anything up through the OG Gameboy.

          Retro would be anything other than that, with the possible excrptions of the Nokia NGage and Neo Geo Pocket (B&W) which would also be vintage.

          • Arbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            I’m not sure I’m following this definition, everything after the game boy is retro? Or is it only the game boy and older?