These development times are ridiculous. but i'm glad that has changed now with Wada. Sqaure did have a lot of problems durng that timeframe as well, with near bankruptcy, the departure of Yasumi Matsuno from FF12, the departure of Sakaguchi.
FF13 was originally designed for the PS2. and on the PS3 they lost about year or more because of the Cystal Tools engine. so these development times wont be happening again imo. FF13-2 came out 2 years after FF13, Wada has told Kitase, that he wants a new game from Kitase's team every two years. meaning FF13's development time will not happen again.
on the point of FF15, this year is the 25th anniversary of the FF series, it had been rumoured that FF15 will be revealed at E3 this year. and Tetsuya Nomura said only yesterday that there is a secret team working on an unnannouced game.
to me, i am very optimisitc that Nomura is refering to the FF12/Tactics team, with Hiroyuki Ito directing and Minagawa writing/producing. to fans such as myself this is a dream. and i cannot wait for the announcement which i think will be at E3, and if not TGS.
