What does it take to create a successful AAA title?

Source: Gamasutra

Nowadays many gamers tend to have complaints from the developers of some of their most highly anticipated titles, while other companies have been accused of taking advantage of their employees by imposing long working hours (a.k.a. “crunch”) when the games they are working on enter the final stage of production. And so, with all this in mind, now would be a perfect time to look into what is necessary…