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The future is now old man

this post has gotten a lot of attention so i need to make three things clear 1. trans rights now 2. the only "retro" consoles are actually the throwback handheld doodads everyone has now 3. trans rights forever

It's a little bit subtle, but the impression I got from watching the livestream (and looking up some of the words) it was less "is wii/ps3 retro now?" and more "this show is older than these consoles. should we allow these games on Game Center CX?"

yea i dunno where retro as an aesthetic comes in, it shouldnt anyways, the xbox 360 also came out a full year prior to the wii, that shit was 'new' when snes was retro by 20 years, it deserves to be retro too

I don't love the idea that "retro is an aesthetic" either but I'm similarly unconvinced that it should be a moving target based on a specific length of time. I do think you have to factor in how little has changed since the 360 era compared to how much had changed then since the '80s

Retro is about working both with and around the limitations of the hardware. The Megadrive and SNES, despite both being 16 bit consoles, can't do the things the others can. The XBox 360 and PS3, and everything after, are just computers with joysticks instead of keyboards. They can't be "retro".

I just have trouble with something like GTAV being a retro game simply because young adults have a nostalgic attachment to it. If it's purely age and what generation is playing it then there's no conversation. Age is what it is. I just think it feels off design-wise.

its wild though realizing that the Simpsons s1-6 commentary is older now than those seasons were at the time they recorded the commentary (they're constantly exclaiming "ive forgotten so much in 10+ years")

TIL theres such a thing as an "HDMI consortium"... much to learn and consider

retroachievements can't hurt me because i do not respect them

by that logic the nintendo switch is (about to be) retro. the advancement of technology just doesnt work like that anymore

Truly appreciate the fact that Sanae now represents the inevitable feeling of dread and confusion imposed on us by the passage of time.

the Wii is a GameCube with a ram upgrade. I can understand it being retro. The 360 and PS3 though? Those were the original platforms of the current GTA and Elder Scrolls. They're the point where games stopped radically changing every generation and just got more graphics horsepower.

the wii is drinking age where i live the future is now