The consoles you grew up with are now officially retro. GameStop, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar video game retailer, announced Monday that it’s labelling multiple seventh- and eighth-generation home gaming consoles as “retro consoles.”
The Xbox 360, released in 2005; the PlayStation 3, released in 2006; and the Wii U, released in 2012, are now “historical artifacts” of the games industry, according to the retailer.
It’s hard to define the “retro” label in gaming circles. There’s a fierce debate over…

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