Why doesn't Nintendo make more sequels in the same console generation?

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Screamapillar said:

pokeclaudel said:

 

 Galaxy 2 only sold 3 million less than the first one using all the same engine and assets the game must have cost almost nothing to make but made almost as much.

 

I don't think that's true.  Galaxy 2 had a two-and-a-half year development cycle.  I'm pretty sure the game's budget was at or near that of the original, possibly even higher.  It used the same engine and some assets, but it was still a new game being created by a hundred people or so.

If the Galaxy 2 budget was even 2/3s of what the Galaxy budget was, several people need to be fired. The game looked slightly better. It obviously used the same engine, which was much of the expensive of Galaxy. The team already know exactly what they were doing so Galaxy 2 was much easier for them to make. Ninteno likely made more money off of it because it was substantially less expensive to make and market.