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It’s never been a major studio. They make a very specific kind of game they publish themselves or through a small publisher. So they’re by definition indie. In fact many people call larian AAA indie.

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Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Personally, I always called such studios AA. They are too large to be indies, yet to small to be AAA.

Expedition 33 creators, for example, would also fall under AA, even though they’re a very young studio.

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- mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Well. Luckily there’s already an established definition of the word indie.
  
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  - Mistic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Which is?
    
    I’m asking for 2 reasons: 1st is that I simply don’t know which one you’re talking about as I’ve seen different interpretations of that word. 2nd is that I don’t think people would be arguing as much if the definition was that clear-cut.
    
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    mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    And before y’all start downvoting an indie game has nothing to do with budget. As long as it’s not made by a major publisher it is considered indie. Just like Mixtape and Expedition 33 are both indie games right along with schedule 1 and balatro.
    
    I already defined it in my first post.
    
    But here it is again: an indie game is any game made by a none-major publisher.
    
    Examples of major publishers: Activision/Blizzard, Ubisoft, Sony.
    
    Examples of non-major publishers: Larian Studios, Annapurna Interactive, Playstack.
    
    An indie game has nothing to do with budget or how many people developed the game. It is exclusively referring to the publisher.
    
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