It's over! FF XIII pushed back to late 2009 - mid 2010!

[HappySqurriel]

Sorrow880 said:

Wow, this title is a little misleading. That is definitely NOT a definite. A possibility, but still just speculation. The info comes from Squares Enix's fiscal meeting--where they said, "development is sluggish on the white engine" at this point, not that it was being delayed to 2010.

No point of making speculative date announcements--time will tell--but nowhere did they say that it was even going to be delayed from the late 2008 date. For all we know, they may simply pour more human & monetary resources into it to speed up development.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20071119/sqex.htm

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http://www.siliconera.com/2007/11/19/white-engine-development-stalled-final-fantasy-xiii-too/

First off throwing more resources at a problem does not necessarily speed development ...

Secondly, why would you bother to rush the project? Do they need to release a product for the "Massive" PS3 userbase? Are they going to be willing to divert resources from their Wii projects to ensure that Final Fantasy XIII is released on time when they're already too far behind on Wii projects?