I am in no position to say which games is AAA and which isn't, but let's have a go at it.

OP - Great post

Kinect Sports Rivals

Is that a AAA game in your eyes?

It launched at $60 made by a AAA dev so yes.

Let me get this right, if a game launches with a $60 price tag and is made by a AAA dev, the game is automatically AAA?

In that case Killer Instinct needs to be removed from the above list...

EDIT: You can, however, include The Fighter Within, made by Ubisoft and sold for $60 --- a true quality AAA experience

If a $60 retail game made by a AAA dev isn't a AAA game then what is it? Indie?

I think the problem is that nobody here has the right to say what is an indie game and what is a AAA game. It sounds like people are making up their own rules.

That would be fair. Because I never thought KI was a AAA game. It launched purely digital with a $20 price tag and another $20 for extra content.