Valve is an independent company.
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devbo@lemmy.world 8 months agoso aren’t all indies small? and the non-american thing is just taste.
Why cant you just say you only like either:
- non american games.
- small studios.
SweatyFireBalls@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Larian (baldurs gate 3) is massive for being indie. I think where your misconception comes from is the term indie. The term comes with a lot of predetermined expectations and definitions, but in spite of this fact very large studios can be indie.
Of course it feels weird to label a studio as large as larian indie when compared to the likes of supergiant(hades) or two brothers of bay 12 who created dwarf fortress. None of the three are technically any less indie, but one certainly feels more indie, doesn’t it?
devbo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
oh, i guess most of the times of heard indie, it was refering to small studios, where as i have never heard anyone call a large studio indie even if they are. thanks for the correction.