Zelda Wii: "Expect Surprises"

[Khuutra]

contestgamer said:

Khuutra said:

I wish there was a way for you to see how highly I have my left eyebrow raised. It is quite distinguished as far as such expressions go.

"A low-tier HD blockbuster" still costs quite a lot, just not the insane, company-detroying budgets that some developers dip their hands into. I think Galaxy was supposed to have cost 15 million to make, which is ass-over-end insane for a 480p game.

That's not insane at all... Remember a game called shenmue? 70 million dollar budget and it's ten years old.

Heck, MGS2 had a budget of 30 million back in 2001. GTA SA had a budget larger than that... 15 million is not a top tier budget. It's not a low budget but I'd put it somewhere in the middle of the two...The fact that it is Nintendo biggest budget game tells me that their average game is in the upper low/ lower medium budget range. Nintendo games are certainly not what I would classify among the top-tier high budget games.

Do you remember how long MGS2 and Shenmue were in development for, though? Shenmue in particular.