nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoHow does FromSoftware release AAA games so frequently? Elden Ring boss says "we are just blessed with a great staff" that the studio empowers and retainswww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down126
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minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoWhat is a AAA game? A game released by a large publisher? Is that the only criteria? Then the answer is “money”. If a AAA game has to meet some level of quality control before it’s called AAA, why is Ubisoft and EA considered AAA?
minus-squareThe_Lopen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoNegative. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Ubisoft is AAAA now.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoIt really comes down to money more than anything. Quality factors in very little. More marketing, higher budgets, larger teams.
What is a AAA game? A game released by a large publisher? Is that the only criteria? Then the answer is “money”.
If a AAA game has to meet some level of quality control before it’s called AAA, why is Ubisoft and EA considered AAA?
Negative. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Ubisoft is AAAA now.
It really comes down to money more than anything. Quality factors in very little. More marketing, higher budgets, larger teams.