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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours 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 19 hours ago (1 children)

Switch?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 11 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.