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minus-squareluciole (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·23 hours agoHot take: No console with significant connectivity requirements can ever be retro. That’s pretty much everything in the last twenty years.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours 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.
minus-squarescops@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 hours 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.
Hot take: No console with significant connectivity requirements can ever be retro. That’s pretty much everything in the last twenty years.
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.
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.