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at what point do you draw the line for "retro"? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by InkstainTheBat@lemmy.ml to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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And what category does the PS2, Wii, Xbox, Nintendo DS/3DS fit into? They aren't retro, but they're not really "modern" either

Edit:sorry about posting 4 times, it kept telling me that it had a correction error

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[–] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It still doesn't feel like anything on the XBox 360 and maybe even the PS2 is retro in the same way that older games are retro. In the Xbox 360 era games had already settled into conventions we are using to this day.

Hell, GTA 5 and Skyrim have been released for the XBox 360 and they keep being rereleased remastered with no significant gameplay changes to this day.

But SNES? PS1? That's a whole different world.