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[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If the 360 generation is retro than what is the playstation 2 generation or Windows 95/98 and Ps1 generation? Let alone the Super Nintendo generation.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

So not Classical Period or the Bronze Age?

[–] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's been longer from now back to the Xbox 360 release as there was from the Xbox 360 release to the NES. Not even the SNES.

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hey hey hey, don't come here with your logic too make us feel old.

*you're an aging men, henry!

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought it was called the 360 because when you see it you turn 360 degrees and walk away.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It was called 360 because they didn't want to release an Xbox 2 when PS already had 3. So they came up with 360 bullshit because it's kind of like 3. So now PS are conveniently numbered and I have no idea which Xbox is the newest.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Moonwalk away. Hee Hee.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll only accept a console is retro if you can emulate it playably on a phone.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

So the PS3?

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It's 21 years old this year 😭

Take solace that old != obsolete.

I still play Just Cause 2, Fallout 3 and a bunch of 360 GOATs

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's older than the NES was when the Dreamcast was released.

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[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

That particular 360 is the new Xbox 360 that came with the Kinect and is only about 13 years old

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 day ago

Touhou mentioned 🗣 (i am pretty sure thats Sanae Kochiya from Touhou at the bottom panel)

[–] goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember playing the crap out of my xbox360 when I had one. It had such a good library of games.

[–] tangonov@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I played the heck out of my three faulty RoD Xboxes

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 202 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

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.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 128 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

This episode is 30 years old.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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!~

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Wow the diminishing returns between that time really comes into focus.

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[–] BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Guys, these consoles are so old I've seen these kinds of memes since the PS4 and Xbox One days. I think its time to accept they're retro

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm considering a console as retro if they run on cartridges. All Xboxes are modern consoles.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Has game carts and SD card and internal storage are just different kinds of cartridges. 100% retro. Gamecube is the only modern console Nintendo ever put out.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I still have an OG Wii. That thing is a BEAST, even today.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 5 points 1 day ago

Classic? What? I'm really that old?

[–] xtools@programming.dev 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Amazing console that can be easily softmodded nowadays. mine has a 1tb hdd attached, with over 200 games (incl. ~1/3 from xbox classic). I've been using it more than the PS4 or Steam, until I modded my PS4 too recently

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[–] AHorseWithNoNeigh@piefed.social 89 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 64 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And noticing that this tweet is already 5 years old is the cherry on top.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It’s now 2026, so Zelda 20 years ago was:

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Breath of the Wild is almost 10 years old.

[–] SalamenceFury@piefed.social 23 points 3 days ago

Why am I still on this thread?? I keep taking psychic damage from Father Time!!!

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

My first 360 game was FF XIII. Had a massive crush on Lightning.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

My current annoyance: my Xbox 360 works just fine, but none of the controllers turn on while battery powered. (IR remote works, but it's not exactly suitable for gaming.) And Xbox 360 was the pinnacle of Microsoft's "well we have to do slightly incompatible shit just for the hell of it" attitude - you can't just use a standard USB cable, it uses USB over a weird proprietary connector. (On the other hand, I've looooooved Xbox One and later controllers on PC, they have standard plugs)

My Halloween tradition is Bullet Witch - had to jank up the PC version to working state last year when I first noticed this problem with the 360 controllers.

Edit: Oh wow, I managed to find a 360 controller battery holder that actually works. Geometry Wars Evolved 2 status: got the first cheevo

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[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wake up, gen z boys and girls. You are not kids anymore. You are old af.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

as an early 90s-born millennial near the upper limit of gen z, it's been great seeing them discover mid 20s aging as I enter my early 30s :) it doesn't stop Gen Z. You keep on aging from here on out. I remember thinking the 70s were only 30 years ago, and the 80s only 20.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (15 children)

It is over 20 years old......... Fuck.

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[–] RalfWausE@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Recently i feel the years piling up on me... i mean, for me, personaly, in my feelings, a C64 is old, a Core2Duo with 2 GB RAM is still a pretty decent office machine, i still convert € to DM in my head and an Xbox 360 is still the console i was well too eager to buy ~~a couple of years~~.... goddamn... about 20 years ago.

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I'm in this comment and I don't like it

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

BTW, I had to put all my media in chronological folders yesterday so Nova Media Player could see / stream it from my NAS correctly while I fix my Raspberry Pi / finally bite the bullet and install Proxmox.

Firefly, Harold And Kumar, Knights Tale, Constantine, Austin Powers, Iron man 1, Matrix and bunch of other stuff circa 1999-2009.

It took me right back to people and places. And then it hit me -

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain".

Fuck you for hitting me while I'm down.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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.

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