@ the guy who thought or wouldn't even cost half a million dollars:
A developper earns a lot of money On average. A well established company gives its employees at least 150k a year (average). Times 20 employees for two years is already 6 million dollars. And don't forget the whole management of Nintendo which accumulated partially. Let's say a total of 15 million dollars where marketing, some fixed costs and voice-acting is included.
I don't know exactly how big this game was bit 500K sales would be their minimum they need. And most of the time you want to double your money since you needed to pay everything in advance and you don't get a chunk of money directly. This game would need 1 million sales if it is a big respectable wiiu game
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