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| Polyludic said: Since what used to be mid-tier seemed to all but vanish, I am good with triple I standing for the former midtier title. I take it as an indie developed game, or a small internal studio that us part if a company that hit it bug. I would use this thread to flesh out the meaning. I take Cuphead as one example and Minecraft as another. I would go with triple I because the games originate from small studios Even No Man's Sky can be argued to be a triple I title. |
Yeah, Cuphead and NMS are good examples, not sure for MC though, while it made crapload of money, that game was not really expensive to make. Some other examples would be succesfull multimillion Kickstarters.
I find Kingdom Come: Deliverance an interesting case that bridges indie and AAA - they initially had private investor to make a prototype, then had very succesful Kickstarter and later made a deal with Koch Media to publish the game (earlier this year Koch acquired them) - it's a game with budget, scope and ambition that started out pretty much as indie only to grow and rocket to success.
