User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 02/16 -- AC3 date released/@comment-4835153-20120217235433/@comment-92.233.98.100-20120219171348

no matter how you look at it, 3 years, now to be 3 1/2 on release is a LONG time to make a game and not many games spend that much time, most AAA titles spend about 2 so thats a lot of time to make the best ac yet.