What is an "indie"?

[Wright]

CGI-Quality said:

Wright said:

CGI-Quality said:

It's Indie developed, but with a publisher, it technically becomes commercial. They take care of all of the marketing and can even force changes upon the project. In those cases, since the dev is receiving financial royalties, complaints are minimal. 

A game without development isn't a game. So we can conclude that in this case your game is indie. Whether it's getting published or not, (Okay, maybe the forcing changes do change the game) the game itself is indie.

The fact that it is published by a major company means nothing to the term.

@ Bold: No shit. The point is, you aksed about the differences. I gave them to you.

In regards to a publisher, you're actually wrong. They make all the difference.

This is confusing, but at least you prove me that there's a misconception about the term nowadays.