r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.

So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.

Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    When people are calling modern things they know are modern “retro”, I think it’s just a simpler form of saying “retro-style”.

    “People” in general? No. Only certain gamers.

    It seems like you missed the entire point of my comment, and you’re the exact kind of person I’m talking about. A person who has no idea what retro means. You are using it wrong. And by wrong I mean unlike everybody else in the world.

    This is what people mean when they say retro, (except you and some other gamers):

    relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned

    a retro look

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retro

    Saying retro style is redundant. Retro is already referring to style.

    “Retro”, which to me indicates its actual age.

    The word you’re looking for is “vintage”. Retro means in the style of the past.