How old does a console have to be to become "Vintage?"

[Smii]

You reside in Spice Girl central

Hey! They renamed it to England again in the late 90s - as well you know.

The bigger question is: why did England let them loose in the first place? Hoping they would leave?

It seems to have worked, afaik - don't the majority of them live in Americaland most of the time now?

[djhotwheel]

Like cars, 25 years is considered antique legally in the US. I would also say that when a system is not company supported no longer and not fan supported. Vintage!

[Rusty Venture]

It seems to have worked, afaik - don't the majority of them live in Americaland most of the time now?

Probably, I believe the manager of the local Gap is Baby Spice.

[Baloo]

You know, this is something I've always wondered myself. I don't think I'll ever consider the PS2, Xbox, or Gamecube vintage. They'll always be too new, no matter how old they get. And yet for me Dreamcast is in that era, yet it wasn't made really very long before those systems at all.

Also, is there a difference between vintage and retro? I always thought the two terms were interchangeable.