Quote Originally Posted by ItsKylos View Post
5.0 Shadowbringers Tokyo was March 23-24 2019 (JP Time)- so a 3 month gap between that and early access.
4.0 Stormblood's last fanfest was EU, which was February 18-19, so a 4 month gap
Timings have long increased since then. Gaps between patches went from 3.5 months to 4.5 months. Gaps before expansions went from 5 months to 8-9 months. So naturally, gaps between Fanfests and release also increase.