or just buy them to make mid budget games (initially) with an arcade feel.

You know Ucharted arcade would be hella good

Yeah that's a good example actually, still waiting for that Switch release, lol :P

Please tell me how I'm exaggerating, because I don't see how... it's rather simple to follow; There are some indie games out there that are more polished than some AAA titles, some that even surpass them. Notice I'm not saying all, so don't try to assume I mean all, I'm specifically saying some. 

As for what I mean with the gap between indie and AAA getting smaller, look at Hellblade as an example, the developers themselves say it's not indie, it's not AAA, it's "indie AAA".

And I still am covering all aspects of games here... believe it or not, but there are actually people out there that prefer the art styles these indie developers are taking rather than the boring ol' realistic approach that AAA games generally do. Maybe that's hard for you to understand, but it's the truth, some people prefer game worlds to look like other worlds, and not like anorher imitation of our own... that's boring, I've seen enough of my own world, I want something new and exciting to look at, and sometimes a different approach on the art style is the best way to go about that. I could also say something similar about other aspects of the game such as the music too, since there are a lot of indie games with spectacular music out there, which, and I'm going to bold this for you; in my opinion are better than the soundtracks of some AAA games.

This entire back and forth between us is basically me giving my opinion that there are some indie games that are on par, or even better than, AAA games in certain, or even all aspects, while you seem cemented on the idea that nope, it's impossible to have an indie game on the same level as an AAA game, simply because you haven't seen any that do so.

Now I think it'd be best if this were just dropped from here on out, and the discussion go back to Housemarque. If you'd like to talk about the subject of indies and AAA games, maybe make a new thread?

Because the last time I checked, the last time I looked out of my window, everything wasn't pixelated or looked like a painting, it looked like the real world... I'm not sure if you're either being extremely ignorant here, or are just woefully misunderstanding what I've wrote, so I'm going to try and simplify it for you;

There are games that use pixel art or cell shading, and then there are those games that try to have the most realistic graphics ever, usualyl AAA games... I'm not a fan of that style, I don't like super realistic graphics, I get enough of "realistic" in the real world, when I play a game I want it to look different from the real world. It doesn't matter if they're games set in real places, I prefer those approaches to the art style than going for photorealism.

And I never once put it objectively, I've made it very clear that it is all my opinion, it is all subjective, and I'd prefer it if you didn't accuse me of doing otherwise.

As I've already said, if you want to talk about this some more, make a thread of it. You're starting to bore me now, and if you want to continue down this path, in this thread, there will be consequences. Consider this a warning.