I think if they'd released another game by now, people would shift their bitching there. Because of the delays in XII and the lack of constant new info, they have to bitch about something. So this is it. Of course, I'm not saying it's a masterpeice or anything (I enjoyed myself, personally, and that's all I care about), but fans seem to need to complain about things and nitpick. There's always a 'this game sucks' thread for every single game.

So I dont think it's the timeline at all, but I think there would be less bitching we'd be aware of, given the internet status of that timeline.