[zakigami]

While watching the footage of the interview stating a 2010 release I was wondering does anyone besides me thinks XIV is going to be released most likely in a 2 to 6 month period after XIII comes out?
Also I believe that the beta will be released during this winter maybe if we are lucky
And lastly I think you most likely get invited into the beta if you preorder the game

[Velhart]

Only a prediction, but...

Since they said its coming shortly after 13, I would assume it would come out in the fall, and they said they wanted the beta to be longer than 11, so I would predict between March and May of 2010.

[spira]

they want the beta to be longer than 11 but shorter than WoW.. so it'd likely be around 4-6 months.

you can expect the beta to start around summer probably... say.. June 2010?

[FinalSMNCrusader]

They've been working on this for 5 years, so I expect things to move fast now. I think we'll see an update soon about when Beta Starts or at least a little more info.. at least I hope or i'm going to explode!

[Hyanmensire]

Overpositive fanboy in me says it'll start this fall.

More reasonable side in me says it'll start Q1 2010

Cynic in me says it'll start summer 2010.

I think I'll go with the Q1 2010 for now!

[PLDExander]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/22/rumor-ff...f-in-september/

Considering the game's been announced for a little over two weeks but is set to drop in 2010, we expect news for Final Fantasy XIV to fly fast and furious in the months leading up to its release. Today, for instance, we've received rumors claiming that the beta process for the game will begin as early as September, spawned by a recently uploaded Help Wanted sign on Square Enix's site which requests the aid of game testers and game masters.

The employment offering doesn't actually mention FFXIV, though -- it only asks that applicants be well versed in FFXI, which led some fans to speculate that most of the FFXI support team will be shifted to XIV. The GM positions are scheduled to start mid-September -- a potential start date for the speculated beta. Also lending credence is the fact that the FFXIV dev team claims to have been working on the game for five years, and wants it to have a longer beta period than XI's, which was only four months.

We're smelling a lot of "if" coming off this rumor, but our sister site Massively (which knows more about MMOs than anyone ever) thinks it carries some weight. We'll adhere to its wise, wise judgment.

Be good if it launches in september.

[kingM]

According to Amazon you can pre-order FFXIII now and it is slated for release on May 31 2010.
So if that is correct it would make no sense to release FFXIV too soon after that as part of the potential playerbase would be playing that, and the kind of people who would play both would play FFXIII to complete it in entirety. How long after then, my guess is 3-6 months so September-December 2010 in time for the Christmas trade.
As for beta, I have no idea, we can only make a wild guess, I just hope I can get on it!

[Velhart]

Overpositive fanboy in me says it'll start this fall.

More reasonable side in me says it'll start Q1 2010

Cynic in me says it'll start summer 2010.

I think I'll go with the Q1 2010 for now!

My inner Square-Enix tells me it'll come out in 2012.

[PLDExander]

According to Amazon you can pre-order FFXIII now and it is slated for release on May 31 2010.
So if that is correct it would make no sense to release FFXIV too soon after that as part of the potential playerbase would be playing that, and the kind of people who would play both would play FFXIII to complete it in entirety. How long after then, my guess is 3-6 months so September-December 2010 in time for the Christmas trade.
As for beta, I have no idea, we can only make a wild guess, I just hope I can get on it!

Ones an MMO, the others an SP RPG. Releasing one after another wont harm both sales.