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curl-6 on 08 March 2025
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DroidKnight said:
curl-6 said:

While I was surprised when I first read the stat, I don't think it's that unbelievable when you think about it.

A lot of people still use vinyl record players which is technology from the 19th century. A large portion of the population also grew up in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and so often have a nostalgic attachment to the consoles they played as a child.

I'm not from North America, but I still have my SNES that I got for Christmas 1994 hooked up to my TV; every now and then I get the urge to take Donkey Kong Country or Starfox for a spin to relive my childhood.

Mid 20th century.

Vinyl record sales are slowly increasing again.

Music CD sales have also started to increase.

If there is a spike for 2023-2024, it was probably me. lol,jk

I thought about getting into vinyl, but proper upkeep would be too involved for me.  I'm rooting for a physical media comeback. 

Discloser: I spent 150+ hours ripping these into Itunes.  About 10 years ago I ripped my entire CD collection that I started from the mid 1980 through 2012 (hundreds of albums) and I don't remember it taking as long as these recent purchases.

Sorry for getting a little off-topic, couldn't resist. 

Some 80s GIFs, just because.

Bonus Content: Me and some dude in 1987.

  My head did eventually grow to catch up to my ears, so they don't appear as large anymore. 

I would have been gaming on both my Atari and NES at that time.  And it would still be another 2 years till the release of the Gameboy.

Ah yeah, the vinyl record itself is 20th century, I was referring more to the underlying technology of using tiny grooves in a physical medium to store sound for playback, I should have been more specific there.

There are a lot of 19th century inventions we do still use; internal combustion engines, refrigerators, electric lightbulbs, etc.

I just barely made the 80s myself, born in January 1989, so don't actually remember the decade and it's more the 90s I have an attachment to. Started gaming with the SNES, which I still play.