Steroid said:
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.
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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.
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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.
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*sigh*
Look what you make me do, you made me go to Wiktionary
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/AAA
Definition four, if you please
Edit: Reference for that definition is:
- ^ Kyle Orland, Scott Steinberg, and David Thomas, The Videogame Style Guide And Reference Manual ed. Scott Jones and Shana Hertz (Power Play, 2007) 12.
