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minus-square luciole (he/him) ( @luciole@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoHot take: No console with significant connectivity requirements can ever be retro. That’s pretty much everything in the last twenty years.
minus-square scops ( @scops@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI was going to quibble with you regarding the OG Xbox and PS2, but then I looked up their release dates. I feel so goddamn old.
minus-square samus12345 ( @samus12345@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot until graphics are significantly different enough, anyway. Arkham Asylum could pass as a modern game with a lower budget. No PS2, OG Xbox, or Gamecube game can be mistaken for a modern game, though.
Hot take: No console with significant connectivity requirements can ever be retro. That’s pretty much everything in the last twenty years.
I was going to quibble with you regarding the OG Xbox and PS2, but then I looked up their release dates. I feel so goddamn old.
Not until graphics are significantly different enough, anyway. Arkham Asylum could pass as a modern game with a lower budget. No PS2, OG Xbox, or Gamecube game can be mistaken for a modern game, though.