Quote Originally Posted by Isaaru View Post
Square posted the release of the patch would be at earliest mid-June meaning they had intentions on releasing it mid-June if all went well. There appears to be something with the development team that DELAYed the mid-June release. Their use of the phrase "at earliest" was used as a simple way of not promising anything like Yoshida has said he does not like to do in earlier letters. He was most likely aware that there could be a DELAY in development so he stated at earliest mid-June. Therefore, the mid-June release date of it was DELAYed to a later date, specifically two weeks from it.
There is nothing specific about saying "Mid-June" or "Early-Mid July". There was no date given, period, hence no plan. You could say that Yoshi HOPED to have the patch done by mid-june, but the fact that he built leeway into his statement shows that it was a proposal at best. Patch 1.17c is PLANNED to go in tomorrow. Patch 1.18 is PROPOSED to go in early-mid June. Something doesn't have to be PLANNED to be delayed.