I've mentioned before that Yoshi-P will NOT give a hard yes or hard no.
A hard no because it's a PR nightmare and the news sites will pound on that like a form of "censorship" or "not listening to the players" no matter the actual reason.
And a hard yes because then that's a promise that he HAS to deliver and will be asked about the progress non-stop. And if something happens and they hit a snag or have to push them back for whatever, then he has to go out and tell the playerbase "I know we said this, but we can't deliver."
All in all, I'm not even expecting news until and unless they're prety much done.
...and give Viera more hairs while they're at it...