DélioPT said:
It took the same amount of the last SD game, but you can't forget that they still needed Monster Games for that and if it wasn't for reusing assets, development would have taken more time. So, my point was that had they done a different game other than Tropical Freeze and you could bet they would have increased their developtment time. I don't know when they are releasing their next game, but by the looks of it they will probably end up spending more time in that one aswell. If you compare them with Naughty Dog (another awesome studio), who were able to put out 5 games during the PS2 era (2000-2006) and 4 games during the PS3 (2006-2013). See? This is what i was talking about. |
Monster Games was credited with assisting on Tropcial Freeze but Retro was credited with assisting on Returns 3D which was developed by Monster Games so lets just say those 2 things cancel each other out.
Also Retro's next game is rumored to release next year which means it will have had a roughly 3.5 year dev cycle, similar to the last couple games.
But overall i agree with you, i think Retro should be expanded to the point where they have 2 full size teams.
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