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by voronoff 3961 days ago
AAA games are frequently one platform, generally either PC for UI reasons or locked into a particular console as an exclusive.
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homulilly 3961 days ago
PC-only AAA games are incredibly rare these days. I'd say most AAA games are on as many platforms as possible to have as many sources of revenue as possible to recoup dev (and marketing) costs. The exceptions are games that get a large amount of funding to be single platform by the platform's owner and there's no real "owner" of the PC platform (arguably Microsoft, but their focus is on Xbox) to do that.
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jandrese 3960 days ago
Are there any PC Only "AAA" titles anymore? I'd think stuff like the Witcher 3 and XCOM 2 are more in the AA range. It is such a murky definition.
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Thimothy 3960 days ago
The Witcher 3 is also available in last gen consoles, and although XCOM 2 has not been announced for consoles (it's still in development), the first XCOM was released even for iOS and Android.
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Narishma 3960 days ago
Current-gen consoles (PS4 an Xbox One).
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Thimothy 3960 days ago
Oops, yeah, that's what I wanted to say. Brain-fart there.
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blakeyrat 3961 days ago
Yeah, remove the multi-platform thing. It's frequently the case (Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, etc.) but it's certainly not required to be a AAA title.
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