AAA Studio Analysis

Video games are the ultimate art form; with everything from music to complex stories and even cinematography, they bring more to the table than most other art forms. This form of art however takes years to create, and usually takes fifty to even hundreds of people from conception to release, these are AAA companies (Pronounced Triple-A). In the recent years, games have been surfacing being made by only a handful of people to even just one single person, these are the Indie developers. It is the underdogs against the professionals, and even though both forms of developers can produce quality gaming experiences, the AAA companies will always have the upper hand because of how established they are. As with all forms of development and publishing, video game companies have creative liberties that are restricted or free depending on whether or not it is an Indie Developer or AAA Studio. Similar to how book writers work with their publishers, Indie Developers and AAA studios have a vast difference in what they can and cannot do and how they function. AAA Studios have one downside to work with, a publisher. “Despite the fact publishers lack the expertise to develop games they often allow marketing people and middle managers to interfere with the design and demand changes” (Hill, 2012, para. 6). Indie Developers do not have to deal with the restrictions that are often in place because of publishers; so, their games are most of the time more unique and sometimes more brutal in their plots …show more content…
AAA Studios give us the cinematic experiences with massive attention to detail and Indie Developers bestow upon us unique games with different twist and creativity. These entities of game development are necessary for the life of video games. However, as much as Indie Developers do for the gaming world, AAA Studios will always come out on top because of their fine-tuned and polished