The 360 was released in 2005. That's over 20 years ago. Yes, they would be considered classics at this point. And know what, I wish more folks younger than myself discovered how gaming WAS and realize what it's turned into.
I hate to break it to you but... It's been over 20 years. It's more retro now than the SNES was when the 360 came out.
Wow the diminishing returns between that time really comes into focus.
I mean yeah. There isn't that much of a drastic shift in game design, except for the bleeding of RPG mechanics into more genres, more roguelite mechanics in indie games (choose one of 3) and having equipment systems in multiplayer FPSes. The biggest hit of 2024 was basically solitaire.
It's hardly that much more different.
Wheras, going from snes through ps1 to xbox 360, things went from 2d (and extremely crude 3d) to textured 3d with jank controls to high fidelity games with standardised controls. Not much changed after that. The huge "innovations" of VR, motion controls, are basically niche due to economic factors, so people aren't exactly having commonplace motion control VR experiences that put them in the game and comparing that to ducking behind cover in gears of war. They're comparing making cover in Fortnite with ducking behind cover in gears of war.
The line between 4th and 5th gen (SNES to N64) was enormous, 5th to 6th was pretty significant, 6th to 7th was noticeable, and it's been 20 years of small improvements since then.
Frankly, the reason this is shocking to people is that games, graphically and mechanically, made leaps and bounds from the SNES to the 360, and gave largely stagnanted from the 360 to now.
A LOT of people have completely failed to grasp how much technology has stagnated in the last 20 years.
I don't understand, is that from now?
You're hurting me.
You know that 'Cleopatra is temporally further away from the Great Pyramid' thing?
Grand Theft Auto V's release date is closer to Half Life 2's release date, than to the present.
Grand Theft Auto 4's release date is closer to the release date of the original Starfox or Street Fighter 2, than it is to the present.
And you don't even want me to do any date comparison for the following:
... Let's do the time warp Againnn!~
Me then: "Haha 'time marches on' what a cool phrase"
Me now: "Yo, time, can we maybe slow the pace or take the break?" Time: "No. Only march on." Me: visibly aging
I need to re-cap my childhood Turbografx, so my toddler can experience some family Dungeon Explorer. She's the age I was when my parents bought it.
I can still hear the ninja spirit death anthem.
And noticing that this tweet is already 5 years old is the cherry on top.
The tweet was slightly off then, Gamecube was just released at the end of 2001 and Wind Waker is 2003.
Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were 1999 and 2000 though.
It’s now 2026, so Zelda 20 years ago was:
Breath of the Wild is almost 10 years old.
And still costs $60/$80 with the DLC!
... and Nintendo still hasn't figured out how to run it at an actually stable 60 fps.
The Xbox 360 is as old now as the NES was when it came out.
Classic? What? I'm really that old?
Wake up, gen z boys and girls. You are not kids anymore. You are old af.
My first 360 game was FF XIII. Had a massive crush on Lightning.
I remember playing the crap out of my xbox360 when I had one. It had such a good library of games.
I played the heck out of my three faulty RoD Xboxes
Bro, we’ve been out of high school about 20 years now. Soooo yeah.
No way. Halo 3 trailer was just released no way it's been 20 years.
Wtf is a Halo 3? Atari just announced a new game based on that sick alien movie Spielberg just put out that's super popular right now. I bet it's gonna be the best game ever!
How is that going to work as an arcade cabinet‽
I feel old consider the new resurgence in people wanting a PS2. you can't find them anywhere anymore. all the retro game stores are selling out of them. Even the PSP is hard to come by.
I remember waiting in line at the midnight launch of the PS2. I also remember waiting in line at the midnight launch of the first Xbox and having to convince my friend to also pick up Halo because I heard good things about it. He just wanted to get Cel Damage and Fusion Frenzy.
It's wild living through the time that these systems are brand new and pricey, then become practically worthless, and then become scarce and unaffordable forever.
I'll never forgive myself for getting rid of my virtual boy after seeing slo-mo guys recent video and how much he paid for his.
Keep in mind the launch model of the 360 didn't have an HDMI port, most people still had a CRT, and it didn't even come with component cables, there was only a composite lead in the box, you had to pay extra for component cables if you wanted them.
I still have an OG Wii. That thing is a BEAST, even today.
I was watching my roommate try to play portal the other day. He’s touchscreen generation. Never used a controller before.
It was a horrible thing to watch. Lots of “I can’t” shit you would get from a 6 year old.
Still have mine hooked up for the kinect
I'll only accept a console is retro if you can emulate it playably on a phone.
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