Modern-gamers & Retro-gamers... converging?

[Galaga will never die]

Ok, with the recent news that every major next-generation console and system is going to support a wealth of retrogaming content

Revolution - Genesis, NES, SNES, N64, Turbographx titles
Xbox 360 - Selected arcade classics online in HD via Xbox Live Arcade
PS3/PSP - PSOne library from Sony game "archive servers"
PC - Similar retrogaming-on-demand services like Gametap.com

Does this point to retrogaming having passed the point of being a Jakks TV game fad, and in fact has retrogaming permanently integrated itself into mainstream gaming. Much like our DVD store shelves see popular sales of both new and older movie titles, will this be the new look of the gaming industry from this point on?

Is the future face of gaming, a player who regularly spends a few minutes playing some Gyruss, then pops in the latest immersive PS3 epic 3D action adventure in 1080p?

Or are old games still just a fad among the mainstream and could the retrogaming bubble still possibly burst...

[Darksol]

Hey! I just want games to be fun and innovativeno matter what time period they are. Thats what Retrogamers are about. There was a thread earlier

http://www.monroeworld.com/forums/sh...t=hybrid+gamer

about the difference between CLASSIC gaming and MODERN gamers (frequently embodied by Gen Gimme).

[Galaga will never die]

Hey! I just want games to be fun and innovativeno matter what time period they are. Thats what Retrogamers are about. There was a thread earlier

http://www.monroeworld.com/forums/sh...t=hybrid+gamer

about the difference between CLASSIC gaming and MODERN gamers (frequently embodied by Gen Gimme).

That thread made interesting reading. Using the definitions of that discussion, what I'm asking here is: Will exposing "modern" gamers to these new easy-to-access vast libraries of retrogames, turn them into true "hybrid" gamers?

Just like watching a movie from the 80s is completely socially accepted, will playing a game from the 80s also become one of mainstream gaming's permanent norms?

Will sitting down on the couch to play Rastan every weekend, become the mainstream gamer equivalent of a mainstream movie fan sitting down to rent Raiders Of The Lost Arc for the 15th time?

Currently the answer is NO. (Mainstream gamers frequently dismiss retrogaming, in that typical generation gimme fashion.)

But every major game system developer in the industry has now built these new business models, based on the idea that mainstream gamers *will* do just that in the next-generation...

[YoshiM]

In a way it could happen. It seems as though Microsoft is trying an "arcade at home" approach with the gamertags, overall score keeping, achievement points, etc. It will be interesting to see if this really takes off or if the concept will be tossed to the wayside.