Comments on: What Are AAA Titles? (Updated Definition)

By: Douglas Pakidko

Douglas Pakidko — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:59:23 +0000

AAA can be interpreted many ways. AAA is definitely not limited to just big budgets though. When you define something you limit it, but I find the best definition for a AAA game is: A game that is critically and financially successful.
Angry Birds, Zelda, Uncharted, and Tetris are all very different types of games with different budgets, but they all are considered AAA games.

Compare this with say Final Fantasy 14 (the mmo). It had a big budget and was trying to be a AAA game, but it flopped.

By: Keith Weatherby II

Keith Weatherby II — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:13:54 +0000

I don’t think AAA means big budgets. It means professional quality. It means high quality visuals and audio. A well thought out story, if it has one, and also if it has voice acting they’ve got to sound professional too. Of course to get all that you often have to spend $$$ but that’s beside the point.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:54:16 +0000

I dunno, I sure do love me some Blizzard games. I gues I am agreeing with you when you say that large budget doesn’t mean the game will be good, but I disagree when you say that indie is the way to go. I think we need a range of budgets, but that people/producers/developers should always move towards more appropriate budgets for what they want to do.

By: Sargon

Sargon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:05 +0000

Ooops, crysis, not farcry

By: Sargon

Sargon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:42:45 +0000

Farcry’s graphics were not impressive at all, in my opinion. It just shows that throwing shaders at stuff does not replace good artists and design.

By: Lumooja

Lumooja — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:34:28 +0000

I’d say Crysis is the only AAA game on the market. It’s the only game which uses SM4 cards fully, and no other game has so realistic and good looking graphics.

By: Sargon

Sargon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:27:28 +0000

I don’t think AAA titles are not good, just don’t expect all of them to be good just because they have a big budget.
Also, there is a matter of personal taste. Indie games got some really good games, but I don’t think indie games are superior to AAA games.

By: Steven Egan

Steven Egan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:22:41 +0000

When I read the title the only thing that came to mind was the big budgets. That’s really all that defines AAA games. Also, I think you are right about heading towards Indie games. Publishers have there good points, but overblown budgets and the “throw money at the problem” mentality have to go for the video game industry to prosper. I think that’s why Indie games appeal to a lot of us. Lower cost means lower risk and more interesting gameplay to be found.