Mr Puggsly said:
VGKing said:
Your whole argument is that because Forza Horizon is a spin-off its not AAA. You're saying because it didn't sell as well as the other Forza games that it's not AAA. You're wrong.
LBP Karting is so far from being a AAA game. It's not even in the same league as Forza Horizon. Why you would even bring that game up I don't even know.
Here's a definition I found on what makes a AAA game.
A AAA game, or pronounced "triple-A game", is generally a title developed by a large studio, funded by a massive budget.
These games will have a marketing budget in the multiple-millions of dollars, and are planned to earn out in excess of one million titles sold. Investors/publishers expect a multiple-of-cost return on their investment. In order to recoup general development costs, publishers will generally produce the title for the major platforms (currently Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) to maximize profits, unless it is a console exclusive, in which case the console maker will pay for exclusivity to offset the loss of potential profit to the developer.
Now, the racing genre isn't what it used to be, so based on its sales I fully expect that the game sold within expectations and was profitable.
You brought up games like LBP Karting....do you think Sony expected sales in the millions for this? No.
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Oh boy... so anything anticipated to sell a million copies is AAA? That's probably means everything Sony has put out is a AAA game. This isn't helping your argument.
Lets just be done with this. You arguments just get worse and worse.
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Publishers set sales expectations based on budget, popularity and production values. Pre-order data probably helps a lot.
I never said everything Sony puts out is a AAA game. Just because a game can crawl to 1m sales, or because it can be proftiable, it doesn't mean its AAA. Ridiculous. Now you're just being difficult
