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> You sound like you think you're disagreeing, but you're not. The point is precisely that games can span a huge array of things, but AAA games are (almost) all

> You sound like you think you're disagreeing, but you're not. The point is precisely that games can span a huge array of things, but AAA games are (almost) all trying to jam themselves into the same small "cinematic" bit of the space, basically literally at all costs. AAA games are absolutely staggeringly absurdly expensive for what gets ever closer and closer to a movie. How much of that is a product of circular reasoning, though? What is a "AAA game"? Is Civ 5? Are the games in the Total War series? Is this a case where, because of perception, in order to be considered AAA a game needs to reach for the "cinematic"?

GFischer 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(game_industry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(game_industry) "In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced "triple A") is a classification term used for games with the highest development budgets and levels of promotion" Civ 5 and Total War are awesome games, but I don't think they reach the same amounts of sales and gross as the AAA titles (they might be more profitable, I don't know). Only Minecraft cracks the list of top 10 bestsellers in 2014: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/01/19/the-top-ten-best-selling-video-games-of-2014/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/01/19/the-top-ten-... www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/15/these-are-the-best-selling-games-of-2014-in-the-us 1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC) 2. Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3) 3. Destiny (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3) 4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3) 5. Minecraft (360, PS3, XBO, PS4) 6. Super Smash Bros. (3DS, NWU) 7. NBA 2K15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC) 8. Watch Dogs (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC, NWU) 9. FIFA 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PSV) 10. Call of Duty: Ghosts (360, PS3, XBO, PS4, NWU, PC)

GFischer 12y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(game_industry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(game_industry) "In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced "triple A") is a classification term used for games with the highest development budgets and levels of promotion" Civ 5 and Total War are awesome games, but I don't think they reach the same amounts of sales and gross as the AAA titles (they might be more profitable, I don't know). Only Minecraft cracks the list of top 10 bestsellers in 2014: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/01/19/the-top-ten-best-selling-video-games-of-2014/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/01/19/the-top-ten-... www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/15/these-are-the-best-selling-games-of-2014-in-the-us 1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC) 2. Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3) 3. Destiny (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3) 4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3) 5. Minecraft (360, PS3, XBO, PS4) 6. Super Smash Bros. (3DS, NWU) 7. NBA 2K15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC) 8. Watch Dogs (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC, NWU) 9. FIFA 15 (360, PS4, XBO, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PSV) 10. Call of Duty: Ghosts (360, PS3, XBO, PS4, NWU, PC)