Ok we all seen people here hype up whatever game as being a AAA game and being a system seller or whatever with no justification for it.
The point here is what are the criteria you need for a game to be an AAA?
Some ideas:
1) Must have a budget in the 10 or 20% of current generation games. (Vague but lets assume that means around $10-15 mil)
2) Gamerankings/metacritic average rating of at least 85 or 90%.
3) Global sales of 1 mil or more (or region based).
4) Be part of a succesful & popular franchise.
5) Several of the above.
To give you some perspective:
Metroid Prime 3 is currently only 89% on gamerankings but is a well known franchise and has hit 1 mil sales.
Assassin's Creed is only 80-83% on gamerankings but is a new IP and has sold around 4.5 mil now.
Okami was a top rated game and won GOTY but had miserable sales.
Lair is in the top game budgets but horrible ratings and bad sales.
Discuss
