What is an "indie"?

[Wright]

CGI-Quality said:

Wright said:

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

There isn't a misperception to those who are involved in it. An Independent Developer is just that, independent. Commercial devs are different, they are owned and/or bound by a publisher. 

Thus there is a difference between Blue Isle Studios (Slender: The Arrival), and Naughty Dog. One is an Indie, the other, a subsidiary of a bigger company. Both have the same job(s), though. It's just telling that people are suddenly frowning on Independent Developers, given they are a substantial portion of the market, especially PC and in the Digital World.

That's a good explanation, (kinda what I thought at first) but I have a question now. Quantic Dream's games are indie?