[michalpleban]

The headline made me fear that I will need to shell out a few more bucks for 4164 DRAM chips, but fortunately this does not seem to be the case.

DDR3 is not "retro", for chrissakes.

[lexicality]

It was introduced barely 20 years ago. By that rationale the PS3 is a retro console

[Kuinox]

yes the ps3 is now considered a retro console.

[wlesieutre]

In 2000 when the PS2 came out was the NES a retro console?

It was 17 years old, or 14 years since wide distribution in the USA.

What counts as "retro" basically comes down to when the person you ask was born.

[holycrapwhodat]

New NES were still available in the US through at least Christmas 1992, and in Europe deep into 1995, both selling alongside the SNES since 1991.

The final new international games were released in 1994, but Europe still got new games into 1995.

Japanese Famicoms were still being sold in Japan when the PS2 released. They sold more in Japan in 2001 than in 2000.

So no, calling the NES "retro" in 2000 wouldn't have made all too much sense.