| WagnerPaiva said:
To call these "B" games are a blasphemy in my opinion, but, oh, well, whatever... |
None of them are really AAA franchises either, though. Certainly WipEout & SSX struggled to sell into the millions even in their peak; and Jak & Ratchet seem to be a long way from selling multi-millions too.
I was always of the impression that tiering of things was done on budget, though. And I don't think any of those games, bar the two I pointed out (Final Fantasy & Metal Gear Solid) receive anything like a big budget. If Gears of War is an entry-level AAA game with a $20 million budget (without marketing costs), do you think something like WipEout 2048 or Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus receive anything like that? I'd have thought not.
Zarx's post explains it in more detail.
