Comment Retrogaming (Score 1) 81
I'm hopeful retrogaming's popularity will continue to increase. There's something more in retrogaming than just nostalgia, something that could be also linked to the tremendous success of the Nintendo DS. It's the simplicity, the attractiveness and efficiency of straightforward 2D gameplay with clear 2D graphics. The 360 and the PS3 haven't been unanimously adopted so far; it's because technological achievement isn't everything, people don't buy new games like they buy new computers, based on the performance, systematically discarding the previous machine and never looking back.
Diversity is one of gaming's strength and what comes with the term "retrogaming" is so very different from the modern offering that it possesses a unique appeal and significant assets. Retrogaming is one aspect or category of something broader, that could be defined (and let me coin the word because I plan to reuse it!) as "lightgaming", which has its own rules too, one of which being that the prevalent technology is not a driving force anymore.