They call it AAA but ithe term has become ubiquitous with just popular games made by big profiteering entities like activision.
The term AAA has always just meant games made by larger developers/publishers to distinguish from games made by smaller ones. That’s really it. Large vs small budget would be another way to think of it.
It’s never implied anything about innovation or risk-taking, or uniqueness or mass-appeal.
theRealBassist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
AAA just refers to production scale/marketing budget. While it can often be conflated with high quality, that’s not what the term refers to. Similarly, Indie does not mean low quality, high quality, or a particular level of risk
Madden, as a famous example, has always been AAA, but has rarely innovated much.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I refer you to my other response.
lemmy.world/comment/5213678
theRealBassist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fair play. I’ll absolutely concede that your position makes sense. It’s not quite how I envision it, nor understand it, but that’s fine lol