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

[Miyamotoo]

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

Zelda WW HD is currently around 1.5m, completely new Zelda game that is very hyped being biggest, open world and ultimate Zelda game, will be 3m+.