new yoshi interview

[Velhart]

"I expect the first Closed Beta for the Japan and International servers to be held end September or early October, entering Closed Beta 2 this winter and Open Beta in January next year."

Can we please get an answer from the community reps to clarify what exactly is going to happen in September. Is the current version of the game going to get shut down for good and are we going to be left to play the "beta" until the live release? Or are they bringing the current version down to transfer data and then bringing it back up and running the "beta" and the current version side by side? I find it hard to believe that we'll be left with the current version until January's 2.0 release so I'm curious if the /airquotes beta is going to be for current subscribers to play until they feel like they've worked out the kinks and have it ready for release.

Yes this is highly confusing to me also. You might have to make a new thread of this if you want to get the Rep's attention on it.

However, do note he may have been mentioning the PS3 version. He did say the PS3 version would have it's own beta and be released after the PC version.

http://gdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Roadmap_EN.pdf

Look at the road map. It shows closed beta testing for PS3 starting in November. The thing still confusing is he mentions a stage 2.

I would love it if something was clarified here.

[Rona]

Heck I'm excited they're actually sticking with the schedule so far.