Do you think FFXV will be announced sometime in 2012?

[Galvanizer]

Aiddon said:

The Fury said:
The fact they haven't announced it is concerning, if they announce it, they should make it a launch title for the next generation just due to time frame overall. What is their Ivalice department working on?

The actual core members are split between a bunch of things (though I wouldn't say there is such a thing as an Ivalice "department"). Minagawa (director of FFXII after Matsuno infamously went "screw you guys, I'm goin' home) is going to be busy for awhile due to working on the bungled FFXIV. Matsuno is over at Level 5 and his boys won't even THINK about touching an Ivalice title unless he's involved and he'll be busy with his game on that compilation title. AS for everyone else, I dunno. Minagawa and Matsuno are the only MAJOR players needed end even then Matsuno is by far the more crucial of them(though Yoshida and Sakimoto would probably go for the ride). Point is, the Ivalice guys probably won't be doing another FF for awhile, if ever, especially considering FFXII's sour dev cycle.

Ivalice team is most likely intact but just multi-tasking right now. They are helping make other games that are due out before FFXV and also games that have had development promblems (FFXIV).

People also need to remember that Hiiroyuki Ito, who was the game designer of FFT and FFXII, is still at Square Enix but hasn't worked on a game since 2007. FFXV is probably already in development right now.