After thinking about it more, I like the idea of more frequent FFs. Only two main console entries into the series in 10 years just doesn't cut it. I think SE tries too hard to reinvent the wheel each time they make a FF and leads us to wildly different products like FFXII and FFXIII. A shorter development cycle may provide the focus they need to put in all the essential elements without taking it too far.

My only fear is that we'll be stuck with the FFXIII battle system in this scenario. The ATB system didn't change all that much from FFIV to FFIX. Perhaps they think FFXIII's system is the new baseline and future games will build upon it. That certainly supports a shorter development cycle, which we have see in FFXIII-2. I hope they change it, but at the same time I hope the change isn't another radical reimagniation (like action RPG).

A question: if they want to put out a FF game every 1-2 years doesn't that mean FFXV should already be in development?