Analyst: Wii Is 'Fool's Gold' For Game Investors

[saicho]

Kenny said:

saicho said:
since so many of you joined the discussion, let me ask my question again... How does third party ensure coming up with a high quality game?

Also, how do you define AAA games?

When everyone refers to AAA games, I think they are referring to games which receive the attention of the best teams within a company, and is accompanied by a large budget, for both development and advertisement purposes.  Note that this is all relative to the company's own track record and resources available, so an AAA game coming out of Capcom would inevitably differ in these measurements from an AAA game coming out of High Voltage Software.  Basically, it's not so much the critical acclaim that decides whether a game earns the label (unfortunately), but instead how much is riding on the game's success.

In this case, here is what I don't understand.(not direct to you, Kenny)

How does CoD:W@W qualify as AAA game on Wii? It didn't receive the attention of the best teams within the company, and is not accompanied by a large budget, for both development and advertisement purposes.