I had a scary thought about the Vita.

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@wlakiz

Actually I said nothing of the sort. A title being AA means that it was well received by critics, and garnered significant sales. That has never equated to a title being dirt cheap to make. It just means that it did well in spite of not having a incredibly large budget behind its development. It is actually harder for a AA game to exist on the Vita then it is for a AAA title to exist on the platform. When you think of games on the platform that have had genuinely great sales. They are almost all AAA titles.

The Angry Birds is actually a exception to the norm rather then the norm. Most dirt cheap games won't sell nearly as well, because it is a cluttered space. With little in the way of advertising, or a thriving review community. Most dollar games don't even get reviewed. Anyway Developers who are selling forty dollar games on the platform can't rely on such a highly unlikely outcome. By the way the Angry Birds would be a retail disaster if it had to sell at that price point. So it isn't very relevant to this discussion.

I don't believe that AAA title outright eliminate the possibility for AA titles to exist on the platform, but they likely do stymy them from coming into being. Basically AA titles are A titles that managed to sell well enough to be recognized as commercial successes. They don't start out as AA titles. Only consumers through purchases can decide that. When Sony has a AAA title in the pipe. Something that cost a lot of money to make. Is going to be of high quality, and will probably sell well, because Sony is going to promote the shit out of it. That last part is what cock blocks titles from having a chance at becoming AA. The problem as I said at the beginning is the install base. There aren't enough users on the platform to create a lot of commercially successful titles. Even if some of those titles deserved to sell really well.

There is a reason that AAA games dominate the sales charts on this site. The companies that make these games know what they are doing. They dump enough cash into games to make them really good, and they hook us with marketing, franchises, and the next installment. It is very easy for us to become blind to games with lower budget, but that may be very good in their own right. Exceptions indeed exist, but once again they aren't the norm. Were they the norm most companies would forgo the safety of developing AAA titles to focus on creating AA titles.

Once again you dodge the real issue. This was a direct communication, and Develop only presented the facts that had been presented to them. Context doesn't even come into this discussion, and frankly what you are asking for is kind of impossible. What do you expect them to do hand over their note books, or make public private communications such as a email. Is that what you need to except anything as real. I got news for you pal there is always going to be a source at the end of the rainbow where citations end, because you have indeed reached the source. Since you just have to have another citation. The only thing left is to give you M2 Researches home page.

http://m2research.com/

If you have any doubts that the facts that Develop presented are true. Contact the source they cited in their article. As I have said I believe it to be genuine, because frankly it is hard to imagine that Develop wouldn't have been sued if this weren't the case. However seeing as you obviously don't believe them. Then go ask the source. You can contact them on email, attend one of their events, or talk to them on Facebook. Otherwise accept it and move on.

Should I stoop to the same level as you did with your last comments. While I confess to being tempted. I believe that I will be magnanimous seeing as you have ceded the closing comments to me. I have won this little battle, and I don't need to revel in another posters defeat, and while you obviously have no respect for me. I assure you that I do not feel likewise. You may not have carried the day, but you at least gave it your all. I don't have to agree with you to respect you, and I hope one day that you will understand that.