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The debate is over. Microsoft definitively defines the AAA Game for the court record
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It is. Wright is lying under oath.
Phil tell him what a AAA game is will you
There never was a debate. It's all about the budget and only about the budget.
We had it wrong all along. Love this court case.
That kind of info is too much for the world to handle.
Let me take a look at my Microsoft encyclopedia.
Ah, yes: "A B-tier design is one that only utilizes half or less of the Xbox's RAM and takes up less than 15GB of storage."
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Man, guy should have gone all out with marketing speak and said, "Xbox is the best place to play immersive story focused games that require the latest computational power, best graphics, and social options. The best place to play AAA is only on Xbox...your honor.
Ubisoft and Microsoft have mentioned that they're making AAAA games now.
So if AAA maxes out the hardware, AAAA is a game the hardware has trouble running, so a game that runs poorly?
So if AAA maxes out the hardware, AAAA is a game the hardware has trouble running, so a game that runs poorly?
So if I made a Tetris clone and paid $80 million to Robert Downey Jr for his voice overs, that made the game AAA?
To publishers, they use the term frequently and it usually refers to budget. But it obviously means far less to us as gamers.
But I think it would be difficult to argue against Shovel Knight not being a AAA game, and The Last of Us Part 2 being a AAA game. Even if Shovel Knight is obviously the better game.
A AAA game is a game where you make just enough of a scream to last 3 As.
Most horror games usually fall into the AAAAAAAA or AAAAAAAAAAAAAA or AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA range, depending on the above qualification.
The whole "AAA" label is just so stupid. Every developer uses it to make their games appear to be higher quality and creates this whole ridiciulous conception about game studios. Most studios use it as a mechanism to pay employees less because they make "AAA GAMEZ".
Let me play the Robert Downey Jr. Tetris game first. I'm too excited to answer your question.
