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

[bigtakilla]

Miyamotoo 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.)

Nintendo official numbers till 31. march:

-5.11mil: Mario Kart 8

-4.10mil: Super Mario 3D World

-4.81mil: New Super Mario Bros U

-4.68mil: Nintendo Land

-3.65mil: Super Smash Bros for WiiU

-2.25mil: New Super Luigi U

-1.55mil: Wii Party U

-1.52mil: Zelda WW HD

Okay, a remake only sold 1.5 mil as a launch title. You can use that, but I don't think it's very indicative to what a new LoZ with 10+ million fan base will pull. And remember, it pulled that much with less than 3 million install base if I'm not mistaken. It's actually pretty impressive.