Sorry Zachie but I completely disagree, I don't see anything "smart" about this decision. Final Fantasy Versus XIII was announced 8 years ago. Since then we've had XIII-2, Lightning Returns, FFX | X-2 HD, Type-0 (huge mistake not releasing in the West) and FFXIV, plus the whole spectacle of the name and platform change of Versus to XV.

WHAT ELSE IS THERE?

I mean, come on. 8 years. Sure, sure I know it hasn't been in full production for the majority of that period, but even so. The next logical step was a big XV reveal, there's nothing else left standing in its way, so why not show it? I bet we'll get a FFXII HD announcement instead..."due to the success of FFX | X-2 we're pleased to announce FFXII HD. Please continue be excited for FFXV!"