Nomura on his departure: "It was the company's decision, I can't say anything more than that."

[Vena]

VXIII said:

"That isn't 55 percent after eight years worth of work. This is 55 percent during the two years Tabata has joined the project. It's something that Square Enix want to be very clear."

how can the majority of people misunderstand a simple and clear sentence as this?  

To be fair, that doesn't really mean much of anything in software development. % are just ways of making people feel good about it. :P