Why do Zelda Console games take 5 years to develop.... ?

[bigtakilla]

Aerys said:

bigtakilla said:

But not impossible. The headliner first party titles (3D World, Smash) seem to clock in at a little over 3 mil (MK8 being the exception with over 4 mil). It should be able to do 3.5 mil without question, with a life time of 4. (Optimistically I think it could do 4 mil easily 4.5 LT given the growth that will still come throughout this year and people who are specifically waiting for LoZ to come out to get a Wii U.)

Which is not enough, Mario/SSB always sell much more than Zelda, so if they sell 4M, Zelda will sell around 2M

Yes and no, the same could be said for Metroid, but whether Nintendo sells ten thousand consoles or ten million consoles the series still pulls around 1.5 million sales in software. I think certain IP have certain install bases that do not fluctuate as greatly as others. As I've said before, people buy Mario because they have  Wii U, people buy a Wii U to get Zelda. That said 4 million people aren't going to go out and buy a Wii U for Zelda, but out of 10. whatever million install base they have next year that would be willing to get it, plus those who specifically are waiting for LoZ to buy a Wii U might be able to pull off 4 mil.