Diuretic_Materialism [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 20 days agoMy teen coworkers told me that he found an old Xbox 360 in his basement and has had a lot of fun playing "retro" games like Tony Hawk Underground and Burnout 3.message-squaremessage-square109 fedilinkarrow-up1158file-text
arrow-up1158message-squareMy teen coworkers told me that he found an old Xbox 360 in his basement and has had a lot of fun playing "retro" games like Tony Hawk Underground and Burnout 3.Diuretic_Materialism [he/him] to chapotraphouse • 20 days agomessage-square109 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear33·20 days agoThe meaning of "retro" got frozen at the 2D/3D transition for quite a while, but it's long past time to move to a new definition: a console becomes retro when they sunset the online connectivity link
minus-squareComrade_Mushroom [comrade/them]hexbear16·edit-220 days ago"Retro" just means "it happened before I was old enough to enjoy it". Just like "old" means "anyone older than me". Maybe a more objective measure is "if it is older than people who are now adults, it's retro". link
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]hexbear7·edit-220 days agoPlus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years link
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mlhexbear5·19 days agoI vote to use the fashion definition. 20 years ago is retro. It’s simple. Yeah it makes me feel old. But still… linkfedilink
The meaning of "retro" got frozen at the 2D/3D transition for quite a while, but it's long past time to move to a new definition: a console becomes retro when they sunset the online connectivity
"Retro" just means "it happened before I was old enough to enjoy it".
Just like "old" means "anyone older than me".
Maybe a more objective measure is "if it is older than people who are now adults, it's retro".
Plus that will definitely survive as a definition after they start sunsetting consoles after 3 goddamn years
The Nintendo New 3DS in shambles.
I vote to use the fashion definition. 20 years ago is retro. It’s simple. Yeah it makes me feel old. But still…
Yeeeh, 20 years ago, 1995!
…. D:
you could say 20 years or 2 gens old.
I think two decades old is plenty retro