So, Where Are All These AAA PS4 Exclusives, Sony?

[CommonNinja]

DerNebel said:

CommonNinja said:

Resogun technically is not an Indy title as it is published by Sony, and same thing with KI which is published by Microsoft.

I think he is trying to say that Resogun is more of an indy game because it is made by a smaller developer, and is sort of like an arcade game (similar to geometry wars).

 

I personally wouldn't classify either as a AAA title as they both likely has much smaller budgets than an AAA title would have.  I would classify Killer Instinct as more of an AA title, and Resogun as an A title (personal opinion).

The thing that I was mocking sales a bit with is that he used to be very vocal about defining AAA/AA/A by metascore, a definition he himself made up. A metascore of 90+ was AAA, 80-89 AA and 70-79 A, I think.

Now it's suddenly about budget.

If you look up the technical definition of AAA, it usually means a combination of a big budget, big team of developers, and is also well marketed.

Indy/A games are the exact opposite with a small team of developers working on a small budget, and they mostly rely on gaming events like pax, and gamers posting gameplay on youtube for marketing.

Of coarse since the technical definition of a indy game is a game that is made by an independent developer, it is theoretically possible to have a AAA Indy game.  The only reason we don't see any AAA Indy games often is because developers usually don't have enough money to develop an AAA game independently, and so they have to sign a deal with a publisher to back thier game, and provide marketing.

Star Citizen is a good example of an AAA Indy game.