Of course manpower counts, but in how you use it. Most of the big studios and their projects are towards mega sales and trying to cater the biggest market possible and that means that it's going to be a dumb and casual gamer. Small teams without mega suits breathing their necks can try to do something more then jest a product that would sell to the most amount of people possible.
In fact the guy who spoke about the game struck me just that, that he wants a good product that would not be a generic trash that comes out every month. Everybody is talking about nex gen gaming, but the fact that the games of today have lost a lot not looking what the old gen gaming got right.
In general, sorry it was just a rant from my side.
Hate all these fucking big studios making shit games.