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.
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2026
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This episode is 30 years old.
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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Wow the diminishing returns between that time really comes into focus.
I mean yeah. There isn't that much of a drastic shift in game design, except for the bleeding of RPG mechanics into more genres, more roguelite mechanics in indie games (choose one of 3) and having equipment systems in multiplayer FPSes. The biggest hit of 2024 was basically solitaire.
It's hardly that much more different.
Wheras, going from snes through ps1 to xbox 360, things went from 2d (and extremely crude 3d) to textured 3d with jank controls to high fidelity games with standardised controls. Not much changed after that. The huge "innovations" of VR, motion controls, are basically niche due to economic factors, so people aren't exactly having commonplace motion control VR experiences that put them in the game and comparing that to ducking behind cover in gears of war. They're comparing making cover in Fortnite with ducking behind cover in gears of war.
The line between 4th and 5th gen (SNES to N64) was enormous, 5th to 6th was pretty significant, 6th to 7th was noticeable, and it's been 20 years of small improvements since then.
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Me then: "Haha 'time marches on' what a cool phrase"
Me now: "Yo, time, can we maybe slow the pace or take the break?" Time: "No. Only march on." Me: visibly aging
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Frankly, the reason this is shocking to people is that games, graphically and mechanically, made leaps and bounds from the SNES to the 360, and gave largely stagnanted from the 360 to now.
A LOT of people have completely failed to grasp how much technology has stagnated in the last 20 years.
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Yeah, but the SNES became retro the moment the PS1 came out. That leap in tech was ridiculous.
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And noticing that this tweet is already 5 years old is the cherry on top.
The tweet was slightly off then, Gamecube was just released at the end of 2001 and Wind Waker is 2003.
Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were 1999 and 2000 though.
It’s now 2026, so Zelda 20 years ago was:
Breath of the Wild is almost 10 years old.
Why am I still on this thread?? I keep taking psychic damage from Father Time!!!
And still costs $60/$80 with the DLC!
... and Nintendo still hasn't figured out how to run it at an actually stable 60 fps.
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It is over 20 years old......... Fuck.
If you had asked me before I looked it up, I probably would've placed the original Xbox at 20 years old. Time is flying by.
The one in the picture is an xbox 360 s which is only 15 years old if that helps
The picture is an xbox 360 s
it's an xbox 360 S which is different to a xbox one s, not to be confused with the xbox series s.
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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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Keep in mind the launch model of the 360 didn't have an HDMI port, most people still had a CRT, and it didn't even come with component cables, there was only a composite lead in the box, you had to pay extra for component cables if you wanted them.
I thought it was called the 360 because when you see it you turn 360 degrees and walk away.
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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
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Well, it's over 20 years old now, so probably. It's also really easy to softmod recently. Last year I got one for $25 at a thrift shop and modded it, so it's also a great time to get one.
So far, I only played Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie on it though, and messed around a bit with the first release of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.
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Wake up, gen z boys and girls. You are not kids anymore. You are old af.
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No way. Halo 3 trailer was just released no way it's been 20 years.
Wtf is a Halo 3? Atari just announced a new game based on that sick alien movie Spielberg just put out that's super popular right now. I bet it's gonna be the best game ever!
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In my opinion, no. For me it's not about time, 360 for the most part plays just like any other present day console. Only difference is that development and marketing budgets went out of control (a trend that was already underway during later seventh generation), and the relentless stream of CoD, Halo and GTA clones stopped (THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT).
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I'll only accept a console is retro if you can emulate it playably on a phone.
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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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I need to re-cap my childhood Turbografx, so my toddler can experience some family Dungeon Explorer. She's the age I was when my parents bought it.
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I still use my old wired 360 controller to play games on my laptop. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
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Halo 3, Portal, and Super Mario Galaxy released closer to the launch of the Sega Genesis, the original Gameboy, and the fall of the Berlin Wall than today.
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Bro, we’ve been out of high school about 20 years now. Soooo yeah.
I still have an OG Wii. That thing is a BEAST, even today.
@The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world - How could you do this to us? We’re here for laughs, not cry.
I’m gonna hug all my retro consoles real close tonight.
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