Final Fantasy XV is about halfway finished development, Director Hajime Tabata told IGN.

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“In terms of percentage. in terms of how much development has been completed,” Tabata said, the game is at about 55%.”He explained, “Counting from the original announcement of this title as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, we understand that it has been about eight years. We know that full and well…. If there are people who are concerned it will take another eight years, we want to reassure you that it will not take that long”Tabata emphasizes that his team changed the target platform from Xbox 360/PS3 to Xbox One/PS4 a couple years back. “With that, there was a lot of adjustment,” he explained. “It took us about two years to get to the point where we could show a demo.”The core of FFXV hasn’t changed in that time, Tabata explained. “In terms of the story and background establishing elements to the story, those have not changed,” he said. That said, since the platform change two years ago, Tabata and former Director Tetsuya Nomura have made minor changes over time, “so it’s not exactly the same.”Even after eight years, Square Enix isn’t talking about a release date for FFXV, but after two years of developing a new version of Final Fantasy XV, a 2016 estimate isn’t completely unreasonable.

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