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

[Khuutra]

Carl2291 said:

Khuutra said:

Carl2291 said:

Khuutra said:

My point is that the "majority" at VGChartz are wrong and saying that Mario Kart Wii and WSR aren't AAA is exclusive beyond reason.

Did you find out the budget of WSR and MKWii?

I did not, though "typically with a higher budget" means that it has more to do with sales expectations - and Nintendo expected WSR to sell more than 10 million before the end of the fiscal year alone, so...

So now any game that sells well is a AAA game?

No: as said before, it has more to do with expectations. Some games that sell well are neither high budget nor made with very high expectations (see: Carnival Games). Corporate sales expectations are a primary indicator, budget is a secondary indicator, but what they're really about it investment. If a game bombs and results in somebody going out of business, you can make a pretty good call that it was AAA.

So, yes. Lair was AAA.