Five reasons why NSMB Wii will easily sell 11m copies within its first year

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Carl2291 said:

Khuutra said:

Carl2291 said:
I think when a company refers to a AAA project they mean it will get outstanding reviews all round and sell well at the same time.

The latter half is true but the former has nothing to do with the development of the game: AAA just means a game htat they put an enormous amount of resources behind and place bets on it making them a lot of money. Wii Music last year was one of Nintendo's AAA games, but it underperformed for sales.

I dunno, i still think reviews count towards the AAA status personally.

There is no real definition for a AAA game, people just have their own stance on what a game needs to consist of to reach that criteria. The majority though, tend to say reviews are what makes a game a AAA game.

Yes actually a AAA rating has always refered to a games review scores, it's only been in the last 5 minutes that the context of the designation has changed to suit Khuutra's preferences.