| kitler53 said: RE4 wii edition was a port and therefore does not meet your criteria for AAA 1m != success. profit = success which is not possible for us to determine. for example: no more heros at 0.5M probably made a profit. Red Steel 2 probably didn't. ...and don't forget, reaching a million in sales means next to nothing if your game is in the bargin bin at $10 a pop. |
I know, I know... I was just putting forward a commonly used benchmark. The profit thing is why I suggested that a sub-million-selling game that got a sequel doesn't qualify as AAA, as you'd have to guess it made a profit, which would suggest a lower development/advertising budget.
As for RE4, while it was a port, at least it wasn't a gimped one, and it did have a big-budget development when it was first created. Dead Rising was sort of a port as well, but if it had had a bigger advertising budget (for Wii) and actually been any good I'd have been prepared to count it.
