Indie vs Triple AAA games

Chris Freeman believes we gamers are living in a golden age with a great variety of high budget, high polish Triple AAA titles. Offset this against the sheer variety of titles, imagination and innovation in the indie development scene and there you have it - something special for everyone.

In recent years we have seen less triple AAA games, and significantly more indie games; many of which have been commercial and critical hits. Why is it that these games are beginning to dominate more and more of the games market? Is it their generally lower price point or is it that they are innovating in ways that big budget games are not?

[theindiearmy]

Triple AAA? So "AAA AAA AAA"?

That's a lot of As.

[WeAreLegion]

It's just like Dairy Queen's "$5 Buck Lunch". It is redundant.

Edit: @mpnothanks - I just assumed years ago that Dairy Queen's marketing division was run by third graders.

[3-4-5]

* The problem right now is that ALL games are being sold at $60. ( the AAA games),yet we know they aren't all worth that much.

* Some should realistically be being sold at $20,30,40,50 instead of just a standard $60.

* Some games have the content and replay value of 10+ other games, yet still cost the same amount.

I find those games truly will always be worth the FULL PRICE, but most "AAA" games aren't worth more than $30 Brand new.

[DarXyde]

To be fair, some games that aren't indie like Blazblue, HD collections, and some JRPGs don't retail for $60. Heck, Activision charged $70 for the standard edition of MW2 when it came out. But yeah, many games at retail aren't worth the price of admission.

[3-4-5]

Well, y ea I'm obviously talking about the majority of games.

[ThunderPulse]

I prefer Triple AAA over indie.

[DarXyde]

I agree with the article. I like having a blend of games. I think Indies have more to prove so they have to do things to differentiate them from similar games. AAA games are often better in terms of scale and how much power it draws out of your system, but I think Indies are a breath of fresh air. Since I've loved PlayStation since its inception, variety is a huge deal to me and I don't see AAA games doing that often enough. Personally I love how they coexist and it only helps the library grow faster.

[ShutUpDonny]

It would be a very sad library of games on all platforms without indies. The perfect distraction between the few true great AAAs.

[WeAreLegion]

Both, please! And it's not like there's a massive line separating the two. Indie just means independent. Many massive titles are still indie titles.

[bennissimo]

The game I've played most on my PS4?

Transistor

[uth11]

Don't Starve here

[bennissimo]

Also good. Nice, high learning curve, too.

[oIITSBIIo]

I'll go with Indie's game not all of them but there is a bunch of an excellent indie games out there with a new Ideas and great price .
the last 2 years I enjoyed indies more than AAA games .

[osprey19]

As charming and quaint indie games are or can be, indie games dnt make the bulk of the money required to keep the gaming industry alive, AAA games are ultimately the games that keep people buying games again and again.

[OmegaRugal]

It's the same on both ends ... there are great big budget games and awful big budget games.

Great Indie games and awful indie games.

[FastRedPonyCar]

ROUNDABOUT BITCHES!

[DualWielding]

I like the mid tier stuff, which is more alive than ever contrary to popular belief