As others have said, it's just a placeholder date. The companies will not know until we all know. SE would have been talking about the PS3 version being released by the end of this year. People can bring up the lack of promotion for XI and the PC version of XIV, but there is something very different here. Tanaka never divulged more than he had to. Yoshi-P is constantly telling us every time he sneezes. Two very different approaches, and with Yoshi-P's, he'd be telling us that the PS3 version is on its way very soon. He tells us about stuff 3+ months down the road all the time. Remember those armor sketches? The ones from months ago. The ones that still aren't in the game?

We'll likely hear of the PS3 version 6-9 months before it launches. First we'll hear about the beta coming. That's long before any release date. And honestly, SE would be completely stupid to not do a PS3 beta at this point. So many things were pointed out under Tanaka's watch that weren't fixed for months after release. The same thing could happen to a PS3 version if it doesn't receive a beta with a director who is willing to actually listen.