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[semiconscious]

In case my sarcasm detector has failed... It's one of Furukawa's responses from the Q&A with the investors (A1)- https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2024/240508e.pdf

the quote:

"He also stated that he believes that further lengthening, complexity, and sophistication of game development is inevitable in the future, and that M&A is one possible means to address this, but added, "First of all, we would like to develop human resources who understand Nintendo's brand well within the company and who will be responsible for Nintendo's future development, along with developers who have built our brand over the years. However, the company's basic policy is to "first of all, understand the Nintendo brand well within the company, and develop human resources who will be responsible for the future development of Nintendo, together with developers who have built the brand over the years."

he's basically saying the exact same thing, almost word for word, twice? that's all I was pointing out...

 

[Robb]

Zelda was probably closer to $200M+

I don't think so, seems they needed to sell 2M copies at $60 to recoup development costs of BotW.

Not sure how TotK stacks up, but they were also able to re-use a lot of stuff in that one (and sell it at a higher price of $70).

 

[IAmRei]

I'd say it depends on the type of physics and the tools being used. The physics system's from TotK already reuses a lot of BotW and most of what they added were very specific properties to let players interact with them more proemintenly.

I doubt they spend too much time developing the new systems themselves, and instead spend a lot of it tweaking and playtesting the dugeons, map, quests, etc; to make sure everything on the game had a good flow and couldn't be broken or easily abused by the player.

Yes, testing as well. I forgot to write it. I was so sleepy last night. Thanks for clarifying

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

the quote:


he's basically saying the exact same thing, almost word for word, twice? that's all I was pointing out...

Oh, I now clicked on the article linked in the OP, and yeah, it's either very poorly edited or AI written. You're right about that.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I don't think so, seems they needed to sell 2M copies at $60 to recoup development costs of BotW.

Not sure how TotK stacks up, but they were also able to re-use a lot of stuff in that one (and sell it at a higher price of $70).

Not including marketing costs, so it's not an apples to apples comparison

 

[Robb]

Not including marketing costs, so it's not an apples to apples comparison

Very true, and in the case of Spider-Man specifically I guess there's also a fair share that's just the Marvel licensing as well. Might have been a bad example.

 

[DavidGzz]

For the rest of the industry, this transition happened 20 years ago, Nintendo finally caught up. Next are layoffs.

 

[Fess]

They should acquire MercurySteam, who made Metroid Dread, before someone else does it. Outside of the new Zeldas it's their best game in 30 years.

 

[UniformDeliverance]

Does it have to be? I mean I'd be so okay with lowering the scope of game projects if it meant we didn't have to wait 6+ years between releases.