What's an Indie Game?

[jason1637]

SegataSanshiro said:

jason1637 said:

Why does it have to be low budget? If a game is made by an independent studio it's an indie game as long as they own the IP imo. A game for rocket league has blown up and made lots of money which is now being used to develop new content for the game instead of making a sequel. So it has a large budget now but it's still an indepedent  studios game and IP. By you're definition it won't be an indie anymore.

You know CD Red is publicy traded right? if a public company is indie then Nintendo and EA are indie.

OK but the difference is that CD Project Red is only one studio while Nintendo and EA has multiple studios under them.

twintail said:

 

jason1637 said:

 Yes Microsoft funded the game so it could stay exclusive to their platform but I still see it as an indie game because it's an independent studio making their own game. While for Spiderman they are making a Marvel game licensed out by Sony.

But what has being exclusive got to do anything? EA could have funded the game and it would have been multiplat. 

Insomniac could not make the game, hence why they needed someone else to fund development.

And while Insomniac may own the IP they dont own the game that exists on X1. That belongs entirely to MS and no one but MS can make any decision about the game. So ultimately, Insomniac did indeed make a game for MS because they have as much ownership over it as they do Spider-man. That is to say, none.

This is why there is no PS4 port. This is why Insomniac has publicly said that a PC port is a decision MS must make. Insomniac doesnt have any power or sway over this game because it is not theirs, its MS`s. 

It doesnt really matter if funded or not by another publisher. Microsoft payed Insomniac to make an indie game for them. The game is by an independent studio and they own the IP youre right they don't own the first game but they own the IP. A game made by an independent studio is an Indie game.