What is an indie game?

 When you hear a game described as an indie what  kind of game do you think it is? For me it has always been a term i have used in the literal sense of the word, a game from an independent developer. but these days for many game sites its being branded around to smaller scale games that try new things. for many consumer's the term is used to describe lower budget games  if you take game sites for example many class journey as an indie but if its funded by/made by sony how can it be an indie.  meat boy is a game where many have sunk over 30 plus hrs into to try and 100% it so it can't be used as a description for length.  Is it graphic's? I still don't think that's it.  If its only used to describe the dev then why is it relevant when discussing the genre of a title! This very board being here means the folks at sony see INDIE as a genre but i don't think it is. what do you think, what does the term "indie game" mean to you?

gavsta72 wrote:
To me, although the term indie means it's from an indipendant developer, I generally use the term to describe, and distinguish a game that's not a big (er) budget blockbuster title......if you know what I mean Basicly a PSN only game that's not available on disc  So the method of production? (physical/digital) so for the sake of discussion then how do you classify games like these?    

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