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[โ€“] tiramichu@lemm.ee 32 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

"Still" is really not the way to phrase it.

A good chunk of the people playing on retro systems never even owned half the systems back in the day which they have collected now. Or they might be new people getting into the hobby who perhaps weren't even born when those systems were current.

People can't "still" be doing something that they were NOT doing before!

It's such a strange way of looking at a hobby which is more popular now than it ever was.

[โ€“] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 5 days ago

It's true and I love the newcomers. But my NES and N64 were both purchased at release and are still one-owner. And used regularly. I also have a 4070ti but I love those old systems.

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