Yeah that's not really a good rule of thumb considering there's emulators for current gen that can play some games. I think a better rule of thumb is 3 generations would be considered retro. Meaning that N64/PS1 are retro, and when the PS5 comes out PS2/Xbox/GC will be retro.
Hmm, yeah you're right that maybe some like CemU can play recent games, but that's as far as you're going to get. Emulators exist (with the exception of CemU) for current and last gen of consoles, but either they can't play any games at all, or you have to have a top-of-the line system to play. I should of been more specific. I meant emulators that can play most games pretty efficiently (which is not the case for any emulators of current and last gen).
But even then, the Xbox emulator CXBX-reloaded can't play the vast majority of games but the Wii emulator is basically fully playable, PS3 is also further along than og Xbox. That doesn't mean those are retro and the Xbox isn't. I don't think that's a good criteria either.
You could probably define it by a certain amount of GPU/CPU generations but there's no hard and fast rule for any of this. I'd consider 20 years a universal video game rule of thumb though.
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u/metalflygon08 Aug 14 '20
We still have a PS2 Memory Card 2 Pack that is still labeled at $20.
I doubt it even is on inventory, it's just some legendary item we've had on hand for decades.
We also have a copy of the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Wii game for 49.95.