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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I would almost say anything that doesn’t require an internet connection to work with 100% content could be considered retro at this point.
~15 years is the arbitrary cutoff that feels right to me, despite how old it is continuing to make me feel
To me, GameCube and PS2 are retro. Wii is getting there, and god, I feel old. Had to convince myself to put down “GameCube” instead of “N64”.
I would consider anything pre-PS3/Xbox360 as retro. Anything after is old but I’d still consider them modern games. Aside from graphics and scale not much has changed since the PS3 era.
In my view, systems without an HDMI output or which default to a 4:3 aspect ratio are retro. But I don’t expect everyone else to share this opinion, and that’s totally fine. 🙂
That’s actually a great distinction.
I have a simple definition, hardware is retro if it’s no longer being produced, software is retro if it’s no longer beind sold
EDIT: posting this here because I can’t seem to respond to a kbin user below, the message never goes through:
A digital re-release is different from the original release, in my opinion. For example, Full Throttle is on steam but I had the original one, which came in a box. You can even download the CD-ROM ISO somewhere, but you can’t find that box with the CD-ROM anymore (unless you buy it secondhand from someone).
I like the theory, but is the original Legend of Zelda retro?
Cause Nintendo puts that up for sale every new game console release. But that is one of the original adventure games from 1986.
Digital releases muddies the water somewhat. But, as far as I know, Nintendo doesn’t issue the original NES cartridge anymore – so it’s still retro for me
Personally I classify everything older than 30 years (in video gaming) to be retro-gaming i my mind! So even the first Pokémon games are retro to me :)
2023 - 30 = 1993. If your year of reference is this, then most SNES games would not be considered “retro”. Pokemon Green was only released in 1996.
