noice game keep makeing
u frogot one aspect of AAA and indie
its called the youtube thing
youtubers play a big part in the success of a game the most respected/popular youtubers will play a game and many others will come and get it making that game popular for AAA games this means that people like the format and will buy it again so they produce the games to feed the growing crowd and they dont need youtubers any more they keep growing and growing (this reminds me of a game https://blackthornprod-games.itch.io/the-howler ) until there unstoppable(all they have to do is add a twist and some hidden secrets and vlola new game) the youtubers are all powerful in the gaming industry they give the reviws that are best and say a 1/5 is very bad and the game will likely be frogoten that it even exists and a 4/5 will make a game popular or a 5/5 will make it LEGENDARY and it will grow and grow until AAA peeps buy it and exploit it