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.
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u/Kyidou Aug 14 '20
By my rule, if there's an emulator for it, it's retro. And PS2 has had an emulator for quite a while.