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@hikari i like this as a definition. more workable than anything that just goes off feelings

@eniko exactly!

@hikari saw Breath of the Wild on "Reduced to Clear" at Tesco last year so I'm going to call BotW retro now

@Ninji @hikari i remember waiting what felt like four years for BotW to finally get reduced in price 🤯

@Ninji @hikari absolutely incredible

@Ninji @hikari It was a Wii U game, after all!

@hikari@social.noyu.me in my eyes: retro is one full generation of people away (~20 years), vintage is two full generations of people away (~40 years)

@asie @hikari my standard is retro = not last or current gen

Meanwhile vintage = anything that looks visibly dated but that's considered part of the charm.

There's some games that I have issues seeing as vintage even though they came out before I was born (ie. Chrono Trigger)

@hikari

steam machines are retro

amazon fire phone is retro

@hikari oh I've got an even better one

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is retro

@hikari "retro" has to be a moving post, one that encompases old/not-in-stores-new/not-manufactured-anymore.
Otherwise we are gatekeeping new generations from enjoying their nostalgia and preserving their past.
I wholeheartedly agree with you.

@hikari Is the PS3 retro? It still gets firmware updates like once a year.

@hikari What? You mean that the #RC2014 kits, which are based on a Z80 processor are not retro because I still sell them?

@rc2014 not in the sense that I meant, at least.