And Yoshi said: LET THERE BE CHOCOBO BREEDING!

[Onidemon]

"He was less willing to share when the subject of a release date came up. More generally, said Yoshida, he hoped to bring an early alpha test online by late September, which will roll directly into a much larger beta test. He hopes to have the game out sometime in winter (“ish,” he said) of this year."

2.0 delayed?

All patches are always delayed, why would 2.0 be any different? From what i understood at first, the beta was supposed to take place in September but now it is only the Alpha in September.

Either way i don't care if it is delayed. I rather them do the game properly, bug free and with good content then have a rushed mess like what XIV was like when it first came out.

[Elexia]

All patches are always delayed, why would 2.0 be any different?

2.0 is their primary development focus. Patches got delayed due to the natural disaster in Japan which pushed everything forward.

[Onidemon]

2.0 is their primary development focus. Patches got delayed due to the natural disaster in Japan which pushed everything forward.

Patches got delayed because of the earthquake when it happened not 1 year later. They give timeframes a few weeks before patch and always go over that timeframes. It has nothing to do with the earthquake.

I get that 2.0 is the primary focus but since you haven't heard, 2 different teams are working on XIV. one for the current content and updates and one for 2.0. The 2 team are not influanced by each other's work. Only after patch 1.23 will the 2 teams merge into one.

The cancellation of trailer at E3 is probably due to the fact that they realized that 2.0 will take a bit longer then first anticipated and showing the trailer too early would be a mistake. Yoshi-P used to talk about the beta around the end of the year, now he is talking alpha.