[Rumor] FFvsXIII team moved on FFXIV + Release date in...!

[Rizon]

It was on the Internet so it must be true. In all seriousness now that Ver1.0 is in the books and initial Alpha testing is progressing smoothly I believe it is time for Yoshida-san to provide us with an updated roadmap for the future development of ARR. This should give us reasonable time frame for what to expect and when (Aprox) to expect it. Doing this will hopefully keep the rumor mill somewhat at bay and give the loyal subscribers the news they deserve. Community Reps, could you please pass along this suggestion.

[fusional]

obviously everybody who is interested in playing would love the 2.0 client release to be as soon as possible, but taking a good 6 months or so is wise if they actually want the game to turn out right.

[Zezlar]

I don't believe this rumor is true to be honest. The current generation of consoles is coming to an end, and Versus XIII needs to be out in a timely fashion. They're in Alpha now, what would they need a ton of extra members for?

[Elexia]

I don't believe this rumor is true to be honest. The current generation of consoles is coming to an end, and Versus XIII needs to be out in a timely fashion. They're in Alpha now, what would they need a ton of extra members for?

"They're in Alpha now"...meaning there's still plenty of development left to be done. Also, announcements are usually staggered, when Yoshida took over it wasn't when it was announced, he took over prior to the announcement.

[Abriael]

"They're in Alpha now"...meaning there's still plenty of development left to be done.

When a game is open to the public as alpha, development is already well underway internally towards the beta and beyond.

[Firon]

So they added more people to the already 200+ man team i call bs.

1) A lot of this game systems are in place a lot of things they do not need to test, I will say yoshi-p and his team are really good at getting rid of bugs until the last patches when people was bitching cause they wanted to take more time to get rid of them.

2) A lot of stuff that was added in 1.0 was added in 2.0 in parallel, I just don't see this games beta needing to take that long tbh.

[NefarioCall]

What if this is all a ploy by SE to gauge consumer reaction towards a delay?

[VoltaAsura]

As most speculate, I doubt any of this is true, and a rumor is a rumor, is a rumor...so whatever. I think whoever is saying/doing this, including OP is just a troll trying to light a fire. Unless there's proof from and actual developer or from a producer directly quoted (or translated) it's just another baseless claim.

HOWEVER if there is a July release, I would hope that people, especially current players, would understand and stfu about having to wait. They are completely redoing the game, from ground up, this has never been done before for an mmo, and the devs/producers/devs/mods/gms are people too and shit just takes time. Also remember that we could've been stuck with 1.0 for the duration of the life of the mmo itself.....they didn't HAVE to redo XIV. If you ever had connection issues, or dx issues, problems running full screen, graphic glitches, problems with ninja looting, bots, content finding issues, or complained that there wasn't enough content or darklight drop rate is too low.....STFU and be patient to get what you want =)

[Nuru]

I think that if we do have to wait until July, they should at least leave like, a limited version up like a demo for the PC and PS3, or maybe just leave it in open beta while they are also receiving feedback and are implementing more content for the release version. That way, people get what they want and are able to play it, plus, they get a game with a lot of content. Sitting here guessing at things doesn't exactly help the company at all, thus, making this thread lock-worthy and never to be discussed again.

[Neptune]

Actually, I think this is true for the following reasons.

A few months back, Kotaku reported (site down due to Storm Sandy) that the Versus team had been disbanded and is working on other projects. People immediately speculated that it was because the game was cancelled until Yoichi Wada tweeted that it was not cancelled. In light of that the leak didn't make sense. Until now. Versus ISN'T cancelled but the team IS disbanded, working instead on FFXIV. In case you guys haven't figured it out, SE is not going to announce FFXV because they think it will make FFXIV a failure.

So Kotaku's story WAS legit, but probably just misinterpreted based on it being a low level staff leak. Today's leak confirms it.