is ps3 retro?

[ellis]

can ps3 and xbox 360 counted as retro consoles nowadays?

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Yes but only because it sounds funny to say.

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

every console where you can actually just play the discs without being connected to the Internet is retro nowadays

 

[Dyne]

No.
Not in my opinion. Anything with HDMI and Bluetooth controllers will never be "retro" in my eyes

 

[Yousef Yousef]

No.
Not in my opinion. Anything with HDMI and Bluetooth controllers will never be "retro" in my eyes

This is the true answer.

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

No.
Not in my opinion. Anything with HDMI and Bluetooth controllers will never be "retro" in my eyes

wat about the wii which have blue tooth but no hdmi ?

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Nope i refuse! The Wii and the DS just came out

 

[freebie#47]

Simple answer...NO!!! The proper term is outdated. Retro only applies when something reach at least 20 to 30 years.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Its not retro . The Xbox 360 and ps3 were the first consoles that brought digital games to download which alot of them sadly vanished .

But i would say its still vintage gaming because the games were physicly still on the disc and playable and all officially released games (except few games) arent bound to be played online .

Its the gen between digital and physical games . Between retro and modern.

 

[fake-chan]

Yes.

 

[Potapota]

I choose to not consider it retro

 

[UnDubious]

Gaming progressed very rapidly at first, and has slowed down since. So while NES games felt retro 5-6 years later (Super Mario 3 came out in 1990 in North America, 5 years later the Playstation was out!), the games we see on consoles today aren't wildly different from those of the PS3 and 360 considering all the time that has passed. Higher resolution, better framerate hopefully, but nothing revolutionary. That's why it's hard to call them retro. I can think of the DS as retro because it has all those 2D games, and the 3D is very old-school. Lots of simpler games too. PSP almost. 3DS or Vita, nah.

 

[Enian]

The PS3 is almost 20 years old. I know, hard to believe, but I'd say at that point you can definitely call it retro.

Gaming evolution has slowed down and as one grows older the years start to blend together, so it may seem as if the PS3 and Xbox 360 and the Wii, etc., were just announced a while back. In reality it has almost been two DECADES.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Nope i refuse! The Wii and the DS just came out

Correct.

 

[Questless Knight]

Sadly yes it´´s "retro" honestly by today´s standard anything older than 5 year is "retro".
To me retro = shit I played as a kid and to me PS3 is not retro is just bloody old.

Retro gaming is a pastime that constitutes playing on a vintage hardware and no PS3 is not vintage.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Definitely. It's going to be 20 years old next year. It'll be older than the Sega Genesis was when the PS3 launched.

 

[Deleted member 171852]

I don't think games changed enough from the PS3 era to now to be considered retro. The whole thing about the term is that it is supposed to represent things that are very different from how they are now because they were made too long ago. Probably in a few years(hopefully) this will change
Also you guys are all too old, accept it already :^)

 

[Clippy]

 

[Retro Doomer]

Nope not for me.Everything after the ps2 is modern for me.Maybe we can call the Ps3 Vintage or Classic/Old School but not Retro

 

[Deleted member 171852]

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[diapered]

the games we see on consoles today aren't wildly different from those of the PS3 and 360

I feel the same way. The word "retro" does have an interpretation based on the passage of time, but no matter how much time passes, I would not consider seventh gen "retro" in a gaming context. I consider sixth gen on the "edge" and anything before that retro. Retro games have a unique feel because the developers were clearly limited by the hardware at the time, but starting with sixth gen, graphical models and memory are at the point where games can pretty much look as visually impressive/interactive as they can: games just start to become more detailed, intricate and expansive. For example, I think (for the most part) ps2 games play just like modern games, just with outdated graphics.

 

[Deleted member 132407]

Retro is like 20 to 40 years old. PS3 released 2006-2007.

 

[C-MS]

When emulation gets good. I can't wait for playing Silent Hill Downpour! ... Oh wait...

 

[Retro Doomer]

Any opinion told by an anime girl automatically turns into the truth, and everyone knows that everyone in retrogametalk.com is an anime girl

Well my Character looks like an Anime boy so.....;) does that count.

 

[Deleted member 132407]

When emulation gets good. I can't wait for playing Silent Hill Downpour! ... Oh wait...

It's playable @ https://rpcs3.net/compatibility?g=silent+hill+downpour#jump