02/21/2025

Retro Gaming is Back Thanks to Gen Z

Twenty-four percent of Gen Zers now own a retro games console

Retro gaming is experiencing a revival thanks in large part to people born after the Game Boy era.

According to a new survey from Pringles, a popular gaming snack, 66 percent of Britons have bought retro tech of some kind in the past two years, with 24 percent of Gen Z now owning a retro games console. Popular retro consoles include Game Boy, first released in 1989 and discontinued in 2003; Super Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1990 and also discontinued in 2003; and the Xbox original, first released in Europe in 2002 and discontinued in 2009.

For 89 percent of gamers, retro games offer a welcome break from the internet, with 74 percent agreeing that “nostalgic games” are more relaxing. Of those surveyed, 77 percent had hung on to their retro tech for sentimental value. The rest, however, more recently purchased retro games that might have already been discontinued by the time they were born or certainly of gaming age.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.