2013 Road map (can we have it)

[Rizon]

We need to keep in mind that we are in uncharted territory here. In the past if an MMO failed it followed one of two paths, it either folded or it went F2P. When FFXIV failed right out of the gate SE decided to carve a new path, they were going to do what it took to make the game a success. This, eventually, lead to the decision to remake the game from the ground up. I am sure that people know more about game development then I do but my understanding is that there is a period of time where a game studio conceptualizes and determines the basic framework of a game. This is before we hear anything about it, The plans are in place and delays are cause more by bugs then anything else. Here Yoshida and the Dev team are doing things on the fly. When Yoshida published his original roadmap I am sure that he thought the timeline was valid for what he had in mind at the time. Quite obviously as work progressed they realized that more would be involved then originally thought and the timeline slipped dramatically. Yoshida's biggest omission was not acknowledging this publically and revising the timeline earlier. I am sure the roadmap was low on the priority list but once Yoshida went down that road then he needs to stick with it.

Remember this is a game that is using a development process never really tried before so any timeline that we receive could change do to Yoshida's stated goal of getting it right the first time. In this he has my full support and I can accept delays for this reason.