teigaga on 04 February 2015
| the_dengle said: I don't consider any of Nintendo's games AAA, including Zelda. Keeping their spending in check is the only way they can be profitable with such a small user base. They are very secretive about their budgets so it's difficult to be sure. |
Zelda is AAA. The games have 3-4 years of development and the team sizes aren't exactly small. They even stated the team for the current game is much bigger then what they've had in past. Sure Nintendo doesn't throw a 50m marketing budget behind them, but the cost of production is likely huge. The games also sell a LOT 4-5m on average which isn't too shy of uncharted, gears etc, so it justifies its cost. Understandly Zelda is like the only AAA IP nintendo have.
