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Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by douche on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:53AM (#14086501)
Because when people say AAA, often they are talking about the cookie-cutter, churn-it-out yearly titles, like FIFA and Madden and Call of Duty.

The other comparison with Hollywood is the unrelenting sequelitis. It's even reached the point now where game developers are planning trilogies from the start, like StarCraft II and Medieval Total War: Warhammer.

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Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by dkersten on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:24AM (#14088759)
When I hear most people say AAA, they tend to mean "big budget" (which usually implies fancy graphics, big musical scores, voice acting, mocap etc -- things that lower budget games can't afford).
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