i think it stands for a game rated 90 or higher but with all the different reviewers out there which one makes the finale desicion

or do you use metacritic?

metacritic scores

left for dead 2- 89 so does that make it not AAA

halo 3 odst- 83 is it AAA

InFamous- 85 Yes? NO?

Pokemon D/P-85 I think its AAA

Uncharted Drakes Fortune-88 AAA maybe?

Now other review sites could have given these games a 90 or more but others didnt.

So how do we Decide?

I use Metacritic.

I deem AAA by what i think of it, not others.

AAA = a game made by phenomenal developers and/or a game that has a ton of money thrown at it for development.

Metacritic or myself.

I go by quality. So in my eyes, Uncharted 2 is leaps and bounds above halo 3 as a game, despite being outsold by like 8 million.

AAA is actually a term used by the industry for money used in the development process. But many have altered the meaning to be how the game scores by reviewers.

Lol. Personally, I believe that in order to understand what AAA means, you have to o back to arcade gaming. Long ago, when people used to to arcades to play games, the top player by default was called "AAA" and it would have "x" amount of points you needed to get in order to be able to put your initials in the score-board. So AAA basically means "number one", "top" or "high" quality game.

that's an interesting theory, i've never heard that one.

AAA to me means 90+ in metacritic/gamerankings