Quoted from BackFlipper:Some thoughts on 6-8 titles:
1 Vault edition per year?
1 Remake from PPS per year?
1 Boutique (WNBJM) game per year?
3-5 Licensed Titles per year?Questions:
Can Borg and Trudeau design 2 games/year each?
Can Ritchie get 1 out every year?
Will they hire another designer? 2 more?
I think you're being overly optimistic on the number of new titles. If you take into account their runs last multiple years, in any given year Stern could easily manufacture 8 titles, but they won't be all new. As such I wouldn't classify a VE as a new title unless it's a redesign.
Lets take 2015 so far:
New (4-5): WWE, KISS, WNBJM, rumor: GOT, speculative: redesigned VE
Different Game Runs (8-9): TWD, MET, ST?, WWE, KISS, MMR, WNBJM, rumor: GOT, speculative: VE
So at the very top end 5-6 new titles is doable (your low end), and your upper end (8) is doable if you include re-runs from prior years' new releases.
Most important, regardless if their designers can cut their design time in half, does any customer really want that?