It’s usually referring to the scope and budget of a game- AAA for big budget, AA for medium, and indie (which can be sometimes also AA or rarely, AAA) for those from small studios or individuals.
It’s not very well defined, but it’s something akin to blockbusters/A vs B movies.
It was borrowed from the finance industry, but it’s really just speaking to the budget. AAA usually means it comes from one of the big publishers who have the means to fund something like that, but not always. You do sometimes get AAA indy games, Baldur’s Gate 3 would be in that category but not a lot of indy developers can float that kind of budget.
I feel like these days a lot of people use it to mean “game from big publisher” in opposition to indy, but that isn’t always the case. Sometimes you even get lower budget “indy-seeming” games from big publishers, like Dave the Diver.
What counts as a triple A game? I still don’t really know the definition of that term.
It’s usually referring to the scope and budget of a game- AAA for big budget, AA for medium, and indie (which can be sometimes also AA or rarely, AAA) for those from small studios or individuals.
It’s not very well defined, but it’s something akin to blockbusters/A vs B movies.
It was borrowed from the finance industry, but it’s really just speaking to the budget. AAA usually means it comes from one of the big publishers who have the means to fund something like that, but not always. You do sometimes get AAA indy games, Baldur’s Gate 3 would be in that category but not a lot of indy developers can float that kind of budget.
I feel like these days a lot of people use it to mean “game from big publisher” in opposition to indy, but that isn’t always the case. Sometimes you even get lower budget “indy-seeming” games from big publishers, like Dave the Diver.