What the Heck Does AAA Even Mean Anymore? | Unpacked
Added 2024-04-05 17:39:46 +0000 UTCThis week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
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Good vid Nick. I have 3 types of games that always go into the ignore catagory on steam multiplayer only, live service and porn games. Lately there have been quite a few AAAA titles thrown in there as well. For me AAAA = zero value.
LokiCoyote
2024-04-07 03:57:33 +0000 UTCIt's just a label to indicate the budget assigned to a project for financial reports, which the media inexplicably tries to attach some kind of oracular value to.
Simon Booth
2024-04-05 20:29:31 +0000 UTCHey, thanks! That is officially the pettiest thing I've ever done online. Love you guys and stand behind you!
GrandMoffColley
2024-04-05 19:06:15 +0000 UTCFound the error and fixed!
Nick Calandra
2024-04-05 19:00:38 +0000 UTCYou are right, you are. Let me look into why that is!
Nick Calandra
2024-04-05 18:14:38 +0000 UTCAww, I'm missing from the credits :( Great commentary Nick.
GrandMoffColley
2024-04-05 17:54:53 +0000 UTCIt's also worth noting that Baldur's Gate 3, with its $100 million+ budget, is indie because Larian doesn't have a publisher. The terms indie and AAA to differentiate games based on "size" have long since passed and I do agree that it's time we start using AAA and indie differently, the AAA system being an indication of financial backing and indie being an indicator of publisher presence or not. Maybe we need a new system entirely but I doubt it would be as easy as just telling people to start using new terms. Side note, I do think it's funny that the CEO of Ubisoft tried to call Skull and Bones AAAA despite the origins of AAA not allowing for such a thing to exist. Maybe 4A could mean infinite budget but then we'd also have to call games God of War or anything similarly published by Sony 4A as well.
Ryallen
2024-04-05 17:52:49 +0000 UTC
