Developers are thinking AAA development very risk and jumping to risk free Indie Development [AAA games doomed]

[Wright]

outlawauron said:

Wright said:

Again, people's misconception of "indie" games makes them believe these are only downloadable XBLA-PSN games. They are not.

 

Heavy Rain, for example, is an indie game. And that had a full-retail release, and broke three million units sold, and it costed 60 bucks when it first released.

Heavy Rain was bankrolled by a publisher and thus is no longer an indie game.

The game was built from beginning to end with the money from the developer itself. It was only after the game was finished that it got bankrolled for publishing and marketing. Hence why I keep thinking that the game is still indie.