"You know you're getting old when you realize [game X] is [Y] years old" thread

[archie4208]

Link to the Past is 21 years old. 

[cool breeze]

Xbox brand being around for 12 years gets me.  It's strange to me that youngsters grew up with the Xbox brand and might even have nostalgia for it.  Same with Playstation, to a lesser extent, and the opposite when it comes to Sega.

 

[Trent Dole]

Link to the Past is 21 years old. 

And they're still yet to surpass it.

[fistfulofmetal]

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I work with some peeps in their early 20's, when the topic of gaming comes up and I mention some Dreamcast stuff I've been playing lately (the system, not the game) most often they give me a blank, uncomprehending stare.

and it blows my mind to think of a 12 year old kid today who thinks of PS1 games the way I thought of early 80's Atari.

[StealthFan]

Sons of Liberty and GTA 3 are almost twelve years old  My life wasn't that much better then but I was a lot less crazy. I had dreams. Two years later I would experience the first symptoms of a condition that would plague me for the rest of my life.

[Himu]

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

It really puts things into perspective. The kid who was 5 years old when 360 came out is now 13. These kids grew up with this entire generation.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Kids only knowing this one long ass gen is the weirdest thing for me too.

Realizing that stuff like Mortal Kombat 2 is 20 years old already 

[Rahxephon91]

I was a sophomore in High School talking about Versus XIII coming out in and being awesome. I'm 23 now.

[Himu]

I was a freshman in college at the end of my first year when 360 was first revealed on MTV. I have graduated college and more since then. I got a psp around that time period at launch, I was playing Ridge Racer, Lumines, and Wipeout. A few weeks later I was playing Digital Devil Saga 1 and SMT 3. I was 19 years old. I am now 27.

Holy shit.

[Human Snorenado]

I was a marginally employed, unattached loser. 

...

...

...

Shit.

(This is just partially true, as I was also pretty much a drunk back then and now just drink very occasionally, and not ever to the extent that I used to.  Also, I'm not really so much of a loser any longer.  So much, anyway.)

[pilonv1]

Impossible Mission was released in 1984

[tiesto]

I remember a few weeks ago going to Gamestop and the girl there was trying to get me to preorder PS4... and I said something like "can't believe they are already releasing new systems, felt like the 360/PS3 just came out..." and she said "this is the longest generation of gaming consoles since the Atari days". And then I thought about it and yeah, she was right... where the hell did time go?

[Sausage]

I haven't realized how long this gen was. The 360 came out when I was in the 7th grade and now I'm in my 3rd year of college.

[Positive Touch]

I was a sophomore in High School talking about Versus XIII coming out in and being awesome. I'm 23 now.

i was a sophomore in high school when we were looking at a pc gamer talking about the fully 3d duke nukem that was just announced. freshman year a friend of mine told me they finally released a sequel to final fantasy 6 and the graphics looked fucking insane.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I remember begging my dad to buy Devil May Cry and being so happy when I bought it. I also got to eat at Fuddruckers! That was back in 4th grade.

I remember going with my mom and my mate to pick up MK2 and then having him sleepover and we played that shit ALL NIGHT.

I was 10.

[Himu]

I was a sophomore in High School talking about Versus XIII coming out in and being awesome. I'm 23 now.

i was a sophomore in high school when we were looking at a pc gamer talking about the fully 3d duke nukem that was just announced. freshman year a friend of mine told me they finally released a sequel to final fantasy 6 and the graphics looked fucking insane.

When I was a sophomore in high school, FFX, MGS2, DMC, GTA3 came out. I got a ps2 for Christmas.

[StealthFan]

I was a sophomore in High School talking about Versus XIII coming out in and being awesome. I'm 23 now.

i was a sophomore in high school when we were looking at a pc gamer talking about the fully 3d duke nukem that was just announced. freshman year a friend of mine told me they finally released a sequel to final fantasy 6 and the graphics looked fucking insane.

When I was a sophomore in high school, FFX, MGS2, DMC, GTA3 came out. I got a ps2 for Christmas.

Freshman here. Fuck that Christmas season owned so damn hard, even if I found FFX and MGS2 disappointing.

[Mr. Gundam]

I was a junior in high school when FFVII came out. Senior when MGS came out. Shit, I remember being psyched when FFIII(VI) came out for the SNES when I was in the 8th grade.

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

[Steve Youngblood]

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

You forgot the Wii U.

[Mr. Gundam]

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

You forgot the Wii U.

I said upcoming generation, not current.

[Steve Youngblood]

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

You forgot the Wii U.

I said upcoming generation, not current.

I would have also accepted "Oh, I didn't forget it."

[Human Snorenado]

I was a junior in high school when FFVII came out. Senior when MGS came out. Shit, I remember being psyched when FFIII(VI) came out for the SNES when I was in the 8th grade.

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

Assuredly so, as this is probably the LAST console generation.

[Mr. Gundam]

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

You forgot the Wii U.

I said upcoming generation, not current.

I would have also accepted "Oh, I didn't forget it."

Yep, I was contemplating that as my response. 

[StealthFan]

I was a junior in high school when FFVII came out. Senior when MGS came out. Shit, I remember being psyched when FFIII(VI) came out for the SNES when I was in the 8th grade.

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

Assuredly so, as this is probably the LAST console generation.

I keep hearing this. The twin consoles this gen have moved nearly 80 million units each. Where is this prediction coming from? ios sales? People thought Facebook games were the future and that bubble already popped. I don't think tablet gaming is going to kill consoles anytime soon.

[chronovore]

We will see. With consoles focusing on becoming living room media appliances, and with Internet consumption transitioning to appliances like tablets and phones, who is to say where we'll be in five years?

[hampster]

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

There are children now who will remember Minecraft like current game designers remember Mario

God those kids will make some awesome games one day. The future is bright

[The Sceneman]

kids these days are too easily impressed by flashing lights and medals of duty. The future is gonna blow

[Human Snorenado]

I was a junior in high school when FFVII came out. Senior when MGS came out. Shit, I remember being psyched when FFIII(VI) came out for the SNES when I was in the 8th grade.

There are children alive right now who grew up playing the PS3/360 as their first console.

My 18-month old daughter's first real exposure to consoles will probably this upcoming generation of PS4/Xbone.

Assuredly so, as this is probably the LAST console generation.

I keep hearing this. The twin consoles this gen have moved nearly 80 million units each. Where is this prediction coming from? ios sales? People thought Facebook games were the future and that bubble already popped. I don't think tablet gaming is going to kill consoles anytime soon.

Escalating dev costs + cycles, publishers not wanting to fund anything that's not a hit, developers already dying by the double fistful, declining sales the past several years... I mean, any of these things individually are BAD.  Add them all up?  Disastrophe, baby.