lets predict game release

[Starlord]

Idk, he also said we'd get weekly updates after gamescom and alpha would be starting by now. So I don't fully doubt him, but at this point it's ok to admit that nothing seems to be on track anymore for them lol.

I recall a german rep even stating that beta was supposed to have been around november as well, but we now know it's Alpha.

Regular updates ( directly from the FFXIV site) is not the same as "Weekly updates" Regular meaning it's not a long wait, and not necessarily a week either :P

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I recall a german rep even stating that beta was supposed to have been around november as well, but we now know it's Alpha.

I still think that Alpha Date is still up in the air, they are throwing around dates ( I Suppose Naturally) on when it's going to happen. First is was Alpha September, German Rep confirms beta starts in November, Now all of a sudden Alpha is in November.

and the First phase of alpha is Japan so we may not even know it's even happening, and we can;t even know about it due to the NDA. for all we know the japanese could be testing now.

[Renen]

Does any 1 here realize that on all those sites like amazon, when it says December 31st it doesnt mean December 31st.
It means some time that year, unknown date. I dont know WHY they use last day of the year, but they do use it as a place holder for things they think will come out that year, and if they dont know the date

[Dargoth_Draconia]

imy guss august 2013

March or April 2013 likely. That is giving time for beta and errors assuming everything goes as planned. Though if they hit any snags I would say June or July 2013 at the very latest.

[Jynx]

Late march early april my guess.

[Akira]

im still standing by mid to late jan release alpha or betas dont last that long longest ive seena beta last is one month on any game same with alpha my bet is for alpha to be nov then beta in dec then release in mid to late jan

[moriandrio]

Since Server go down in Nov, they need to start 1-2 months after it or they loose way to many ppl.
So end of Dec i think it gonna be.

[Godai]

I have to agree. I'm taking the optimistic approach that if the servers are going down then they must plan to bring ARR online within 2-3 months. Otherwise they could just leave 1.23 running until they are sure of having ARR running.
I don't see why they need to port character data 6 months in advance. So I'm going with 3 months max until ARR.

[Esk]

After 2012, before 2014

[Akira_Tenshi]

The 38th of never.