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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival?

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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival?

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games@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago

Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and older millennials reliving their heyday: younger millennials and gen Z are getting in on the nostalgia too

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Because they’re cheap or completely free to play thanks to emulators. Same reason a lot of people I know watch old movies.

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