A retro state of affairs: Your opinion...

[onthinice]

Seems the retro scene will collapse when the generation that played with these items are gone. There goes demand.

I grew up with the Odyssey2 and 2600. My nephews were part of the late NES, Sega, SNES and NEC TG-16  period. Gaming is in their genes. Supporting modern systems but harking back to their days playing Mario, Sonic and Bonk. They know of Atari, Colecovison and Intellivision but have little interest.

My kids grew up spoiled with very few systems that were not showed to them. Surprising me the DreamCast and Genesis seemed to be their favorites. Then modern systems took over.  They know the classics like Frogger, Pac-Man and Donkey Kong but doubtful they will ever get played much when I am gone.

Probably the same for the N64 and Playstation kids. I think you return to what you grew up on and if you could not afford it as a kid you try and get it as an adult.

Seems like a cycle with a few exceptions were there will be young collectors that will start from the earliest days of gaming. Can't see enough supporting the retro scene. Should drop demand

Hard to predict since most of us have been around since the beginning of video games. Best thing to do is enjoy what is available before are eye sight, hearing and dexterity go completely.

[TrekMD]

The retro games do appeal to some younger players but who knows if there are enough of them to keep the retro systems of our times alive.  Time will tell.