SquareEnix will have made fans wait four years since Final Fantasy XII before FFXIII arrives on US shores next year, but the company is promising that they have a goal to deliver installments more quickly going forward. According to an article on 1UP.com:

“For FFXIII there are a lot of firsts, and because it’s a new console that the teams are working on, it took a little time for the team to get used to everything,” said Yoshi Kitase and Motomu Toriyama through a translator. “Now that they have the engine built for it the basics are covered, so the development time for future projects should be shortened.”

Sounds promising, but even at its best, the series has often taken a couple years between installments. Still, that would be a huge improvement. Let’s hope it’s not all a bunch of hot air and horse supplements.