re: GTA vice city is retro

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Is it, though? AOL rolled out unlimited Internet to the masses in I think 1997. The BlackBerry was released in 1999. MySpace and Facebook rolled out in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Hell, most American households are still accessing the internet with the copper coax cable broadband that I had at my house in about 2002.

Have all of these technologies been refined over the last two decades? Sure. Are they fundamentally, paradigm shiftingly different? In my opinion, no.

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Broadband in 2005 was somewhere between 25%-30%.
Total internet usage in the US in 2005 was 68%.

Contrast to today, where broadband use is at 92% and total internet use is at 98%.

Also, the first true smart phones (with customizable apps, etc.) came out in 2007 (first iPhone) - which one has to admit is a pretty massive game changer in the realm of technology. The first Android smartphone came out in 2008.

I would say the advent of smartphones is pretty massive in changing culture in the US, if not other parts of the world.