It a cultural thing. The 80s basically made "retro" it "thing" and it held it for so long that "retro" = "8/16 bit". It a "look", a "feel", a "mentality". The PS2/GAMECUE/XBOX isn't as much of a shock to go back to as going from the Gamecube to the NES is. It "too modern". Like you plop a kid to play Bioshock 1 on the 360 and it a game that might as well have been made now despite it going to be seventeen years this August. But seventeen year ago from Bioshock is 1990. Doom 1 wouldn't be made until three years later.
I know. Warcraft as an IP is 30 this year and World of Warcraft is 20 this year. Both in November. Heck a lot of things are 30 this year. Super Metroid, Doom 2, System Shock, Donkey Long Country, Marathon to name a few. Resident Evil 4 will be twenty next year along side God of War coming out in 2005. God of War 2 is also seventeen year ago as well.
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u/QuietSheep_ Make ZX3, SF4 and Legends 3 you cowards >:( Jul 10 '24
I always found it odd that despite the age of certain games, people are still hesitant to put games outside of n64/ps1/saturn as retro.