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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)
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r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.

So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.

Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?

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[–] Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Around 2 generations of consoles ago, or around 10 years, whatever comes "first".

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

10 years seems a bit short, that would mean Hearthstone, GTA5 and Sims 4 qualify.

[–] Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Yes that's what I said. PS3 era games and at this point, early PS4 start yo qualify for me. Although still actively developed games aren't "fully" retro, clearly. I'm still on the fence about calling Bloodbkrne retro, for instance.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

the ps3 is retro then?