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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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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Anything before the GameCube, PS2, and Original Xbox.

So PS1, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo64 and older are "retro."

The Atari 2600 and Colecovision are "vintage."

Pong and the Magnavox Odyssey are "antique."

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

What about Dreamcast? 🤔

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

Just “old”

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Original Xbox, GameCube, PS2, Dreamcast - "old."

PS3, Xbox 360, Wii - "modern."

PS4, Xbox One - "previous gen"

PS5, Xbox Series - "current gen"

Nintendo Switch - "2015 smartphone"

[–] MY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

But the PS3 / 360 are coming up to 20 years old. Hell, one of my adult colleagues was born after the 360 was released. Can they really be considered modern anymore?

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

"Modernism" is a term used to refer to art and culture from 1930s-1940s America. Searching for something like furniture or architecture in that style would mean you use search terms like "modern furniture" or "modern architecture." Can that really be considered "modern" anymore?

When the PS4 and Xbox One are no longer the "previous gen" I will be calling them "next gen," as that is the term most associated with those consoles. Even after the consoles were released and well into their lifespan they were still called "next gen."

I call future consoles that haven't released yet "upcoming gen" or "future gen" interchangeably.