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calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
It’s interesting because the meaning of the word “independent” is shifting for games, in the same way it shifted for Hollywood movies.
Essentially one guy made Stardew Valley, and funded it himself. Most of the development of Clair Obscur was funded by a publisher, Kepler Interactive.
So… “independent” now means “not funded by one of the major game studios.” Not really “independent.”
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I refuse to call anything ‘indie’ that is not in fact “independent” of a publisher. We already A, AA, and AAA to denote budgets. Rebranding ‘indie’ to mean ‘A’ or ‘AA’ games from third-party studios is drinking the publisher kool-aid. Sony especially pushed this angle.