How Do You Define "Indie"?

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Ka-pi96 said:

Versus_Evil said:
Some interesting opinions in this thread,the poll is closer than i would have thought as well.

Never noticed the poll.

Yes, of course AAA studios can make indie games. Indie doesn't mean independent anymore, it is pretty much its own genre so games like Child of Light, Ori or even Gamefreak's badass Elephant game are all still indies. They are similar to other indie games, they look like indies, they have similar budget to other indie games and they get the reception of indie games. Regardless of dev, they are indie.

I highly disagree.
Those are simply 2D games. 2D != indie. Even different 2D genres.

The definitions is clear. Indie = not published by a big publisher. Therefore Ori is not indie! Noone would Rayman Legends an indie game, right?!