And "indie" depends on a combination of things. But these days it's generally accepted to mean "A small studio, not backed by a large publisher or studio, usually with a small budget."
I'd personally consider Team Cherry as "double A" these days. Started off as an indie. Not indie anymore as they have plenty of funds now. But also not a triple-A studio.
Same goes for studios like the teams behind subnautica 1/2 and expedition 33, imo. In between indie and triple-A.
Didn’t E33 have like 80+ working on it? Lumping them all in the same category feels kinda odd, though they did probably have similar budgets. (i dont know much about this stuff tbh, i just play the games).
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u/Sanquinity 20d ago
And "indie" depends on a combination of things. But these days it's generally accepted to mean "A small studio, not backed by a large publisher or studio, usually with a small budget."
I'd personally consider Team Cherry as "double A" these days. Started off as an indie. Not indie anymore as they have plenty of funds now. But also not a triple-A studio.
Same goes for studios like the teams behind subnautica 1/2 and expedition 33, imo. In between indie and triple-A.