Quote Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida View Post
However, we prioritized quality and volume and we are now reflecting on the lack of foresight that the patch would be pushed back as a result. In the future I don’t want the same mistakes to happen again as I believe we’ve all learned a lot from this (for the rest of my life as long as I am doing this line of work), and I make an effort to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Translation: We will stop telling you guys potential dates to save yourselfs from comiting suicide when we hit a snag.

I think it's unfortunate that SE made the attempt to be more transparant with things but are drug through the mud when a delay drops. It's going to very easy to Yoshida and SE in general to turtle back up in regards to releasing information to the public if the players keep acting like a ravenous swarm waiting for information to tear apart long before it's even beyond concept phase.

I also think this will be a step backwards in communication with players about our own suggestions as well.

Hopefully I'm wrong and Yoshida is just going to be less precise with dates in the near future.