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[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That can't be right Skyrim is the most recent mainline Elder Scrolls game and they release one every 5-ish years

[–] illi@piefed.social 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Well yeah. Since Skyrim there was also Skyrim and Skyrim.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And Oblivion as a treat

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

Don't forget skyrim! And vr skyrim!

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

GTA V is ~~well over~~ almost 15 years ago

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

no, it's from 2013 - so just 13 years ago

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I can’t math

[–] warm@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

Modern Warfare is 19 years ago..

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

It's wild, here's a crazy one, the YF-23 was designed in the 1980s and first flew in 1990.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Super Mario Bros (NES) to Mario 64: 11 years.

It was pretty wild growing up while Moore's Law was full steam ahead.

I can think of 3 different PCs I built and overclocked during college. Now, my everyday use computer is 8 years old and it's still pretty dang good.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

4 reelz, I got a HP SFF with a Core i5 for 25$ at the Value Village and it has Windows 10... it runs fine.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

10 years used to be several massive generational leaps in technology. Now it's slightly better graphics.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey, fuck you, too, buddy.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

It would be still plenty fun to play PS1 games on a CRT as a poor kid in 2011, I suppose.

[–] Hond@piefed.social 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Next year 20 Year old graphics mean Crysis.

But i will still think of 2D sidescrollers.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

By the way, Pokemon Red and Blue came out 30 years ago this year.

[–] M137@lemmy.today 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It was 20 years ago, not 15.
The Xbox 360 is now as old as the NES was when the 360 released. While there's no actual definition of retro I feel the general idea is around 20 years old, meaning the 360 generation and all first year games are now retro.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nope, "retro" is staying as 16-bit & earlier; just like "classic rock" is pre 80's...

I die a little Everytime I hear 90's grunge on the classic rock station.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then where the 90's grunge belongs to?

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

The game in the screenshot came out in November of 2010 so people were playing it 15 years ago.

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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

You can take my DS from my cold dead fingers.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And yet, somehow consumer tech didn't advance much since 15 years ago. Only more ads and more paid subscriptions. Same for games.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

"Innovative profit solutions"

[–] GrilledCheese@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of it's any consolation, the 360 is 21 later this year.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I saw some thread once asking about "classic games like on the 360." A lot of people were big mad that the word "classic" was being used to describe such recent games and making fun of the OP.

But the 360 is as old today as the NES was when the 360 first got released. If you would've considered Super Mario Bros. a classic in 2005, why couldn't Oblivion or Gears of Wars be similarly considered classic now?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

B-b-be-be-because shut up you, that's why!! 😅

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Recent thing that broke me: my 500gb samsung ssd is 15 years old.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is your friendly reminder that GTA V originally released 12 years ago.

Skyrim was 14 years ago.

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 90s are to today as the 60s were to the 90s.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 3 points 2 months ago

wtf. I didn't come here to be so blatantly attacked like this!

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Close for me.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 months ago

Ouch this physical hurts.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nah that is kind of messed up, don't do that to me

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 months ago

My boss pointed out a few weeks ago that our birth years were closer to WW2 than now and I died a little inside :(

[–] CoconutLove@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

Are you calling me old?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 4 points 2 months ago

the 90s were only 10 years ago!

[–] Aerlorn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apart from still having a crt, honestly all of that feels even farther back to me than it actually was. I was alive for dial up yet that feels like ice age type shit. I wish I had a better crt though. Or that literally any company would make modern ones.

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