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I am personally offended that the XBOX360 is apparently considered retro now (lemmy.world)

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I went to a Gamestop the other day, and they had a little section for pre-owned games for older systems (think Xbox360, PS2, DS, etc). I was perusing and grabbed some games, but I noticed something, the cases that have the XBOX360 games have a giant "RETRO GAMING" on it in the centre. So I am like wtf, I grew up with the XBOX360, what the hell do they mean "retro".

So I went and asked like friends and other people if the XBOX360 is retro now, and basically everyone was like "yeah". I was talking to my EX about it and she was like "the xbox came out in 2005/6. There is more time between us and the xbox360 than there was between the xbox and the SNES when the xbox came out. Was the SNES "retro" when the xbox360 came out?"

I am like not ready, not willing to accept the XBOX360 as retro. Because that is saying my thing that I grew up with is "retro" or "old" now and im not ready to accept that because im not ready to be old.

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[-] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And it never got cool super-computer action like N64 from 2015 Fantastic Four even.....lol.

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

That's OK, the Xbox 360 was heavily featured in Grandma's Boy, which is a much better deal.

[-] dirtycrow@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I never had an XBOX or PS2. I went over to my friend’s house and he’d let me take a controller. I’m surprised this is considered retro now and I’m a little sad since I never got to play it.

Now I have Steam games I can’t find time or joy to play and with no one to play them with.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I would say "no" because the 360 did have the capability of 720p and 1080p. There isn't much you have to do to get it working with a modern television.

That's not the case with a TRULY retro console, either in terms of resolution or connectivity.

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[-] twocupsofsugar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

its old but it isn't retro at least not yet. Most xbox 360 games have modern game design none of them have that "retro" feel. Its an old system but none of the games feel old. Now the OG xbox being considered retro makes me feel like a dinosaur.

[-] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

If it can be emulated on a steam deck, it's retro

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

I think using emulation as the benchmark for what makes a console retro can be a useful rule of thumb. By that metric I don't think the 360 is retro yet as emulation isn't quite mainstream or functional for the majority of titles. It's probably getting close though.

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[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

360 is AAA slop, I refuse to recognize that thing as retro.