Do Western game developers lack effeciency when it comes to game development costs?

[zorg1000]

Lawlight said:

zorg1000 said:
Using Nintendo & Level 5 as examples is kind of strange considering Nintendo sells more software than anybody else while Level 5 has Yokai Watch and before that Professor Layton which each were multi million selling franchises in their primes.

Do you have a source for that? Because I would think that EA sells more software.

Im sure EA or other devs have topped them in certain years, thats besides the point though, Nintendo sells a shitload of software and has many multimillion selling franchises so its odd to use them as an example of a company that can survive without massive selling software.