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#GenZ is bringing back #VHS, #CDplayers and #GameBoys. #tech #90s #nostalgia
#GenZ is bringing back #VHS, #CDplayers and #GameBoys. #tech #90s #nostalgia
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Gen Z is bringing back gadgets that
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previous generations thought were gone
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forever. VHS tapes, CD players,
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GameBoys, disposable cameras, and even
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landlines are all making a comeback.
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This isn't just about nostalgia. Younger
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generations are looking for an escape
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from constant notifications and endless
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scrolling. Today, everything we want is
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a tap away. But back in the 90s,
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entertainment was hard-earned. Movie
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night meant driving to Blockbuster to
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pick out a VHS tape, and if you forgot
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to rewind it before returning it, you
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paid a fee. By 2004, Blockbuster had
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more than 9,000 stores worldwide. But in
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2010, the company filed for bankruptcy,
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and by 2013, the remaining stores were
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shuttered for good. Now, VHS is creeping
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back. In a Consumer Reports survey, 15%
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of Americans said they had watched one
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in the previous year. CD players are
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making a comeback, too. Sony sold 46
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million disc players by 1999 before the
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iPod largely replaced them. But CDs are
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getting popular again with collectors
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and younger fans buying physical albums
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from artists like Taylor Swift. The same
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Consumer Report study found that 45% of
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Americans listen to CDs the year before.
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Retro games are seeing a huge revival.
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Nintendo has sold more than 118 million
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Game Boy and Game Boy Color consoles
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worldwide. The Nintendo 64 basically
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defined sleepovers in the late '90s.
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Some game systems and titles have seen a
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major resurgence. 14% of people who took
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the same survey said they'd played a
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system released before 2000. Gaming
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nostalgia is also booming online. Retro
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gaming videos have amassed more than 6
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billion views on Tik Tok, according to
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the Guardian. As younger players and
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millennials rediscover classic consoles
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and games, games like Mario Kart and
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Golden Eye are turning multiplayer
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gaming back into an actual in-person
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event. No headsets, no Discord, just
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four controllers and chaos. A similar
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revival is happening with disposable
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cameras. Jenz loves the unfiltered look
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of old photos because they feel more
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real and less curated. And some parents
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are even bringing back landlines. One
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mom told Business Insider she wasn't
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ready to give her daughter a smartphone,
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so she bought her daughter a Wi-Fi
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powered landline instead. The underlying
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sentiment behind this trend is clear.
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People want technology that feels
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intentional again, using devices that do
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one thing well and don't end up in doom
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scrolling. To learn more about the '9s
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tech making a comeback, head to Business
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Insider.
