Quote Originally Posted by Tsukino View Post
You people are morons who don't know anything about Japanese or Chinese language and believe everything you read on some guy's blog. A guy who purposefully uses the language barrier to make his BS seem credible.
Actually I just believe their investor relations information.

Asia Holdings
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SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD. January 2005 Digital entertainment in China and Asia
HUANG LONG CO., LTD. August 2005 Sale and management of online games in Asia

http://www.square-enix.com/eng/ir/li...0corporate.pdf

Final Fantasy XIV, previously codenamed Rapture (ラプチャー) was first mentioned in August 2005. Notice the establishment date of SE China, and the acquisition date of HUANG LONG CO.

I think they said this sucker was in development for what 5 years.. I dunno do the math.