In the future, retro-looking videos will have compression artifacts instead of film grain.

https://lemmy.world/post/2378053

In the future, retro-looking videos will have compression artifacts instead of film grain. - Lemmy.world

Have you ever played WATCH_DOGS?

youtu.be/5dItY-4G8QU

Watch Dogs - Launch/Title Screen + Main Menu PS4

YouTube
Cyberpunk 2077 is also using similar effects.
Or the new Ratchet and Clank that just came out on PC? There’s literally a weapon called the “Pixel Gun” that turns enemies into Doom sprites.
I had not. The future is now. Although I’m not so sure if the intentional ones are compression artifacts or corrupt digital video artifacts. The video itself is low quality with unintentional compression artifacts.