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

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by sharpiewater@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@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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[–] Cephiroth@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This hurts me. I have vivid memories of playing Halo 3 and Hexic back when I was in middle school.

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[–] dirtycrow@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] 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.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (20 children)

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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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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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.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] afansfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Emulation has nothing to do with it, Saturn emulation is not great still and it’s an old system, original xbox as well. All the while PS3 emulation is pretty good now and PS3 is newer than the 360. Hell, Nintendo Switch even got an emulator in the middle of its life cycle, does that make it retro?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's still a reasonable rule, with a few outliers. For the switch specifically, you could make a reasonable argument it was retro on launch, with cartridges and massively underpowered hardware.

[–] afansfw@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“Massively underpowered” switch hardware is much more powerful than the 360 as well, with games like Skyrim, RDR, Bayonetta, all running much better than they ever did on 360 or PS3. So if that’s retro…

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Much better performance is a bit of an exaggeration. Switch games are running at similar fps and resolutions to 360 games.

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