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0 pointsonlyrealcuzzo4y ago0 comments

I think AAA is more about budget.

I thought the budget for AAA games was higher, and I thought the budget for Pokemon (handheld games) would be lower.

But turns out Pokemon Sword and Shield cost >$20M to make, and AAA is low 10s of millions. Definitely AAA by every measure.

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Jensson4y ago

I don't think many would say that $20M would be AAA today, games are much bigger and more expensive today than 20 years ago. $20M budget means you would break even on less than a million sales, I doubt anyone would call that level of budget AAA.

Pokémon does however have an AAA level marketing budget even if it doesn't have AAA level development budget.

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