[Feba]

Originally Posted by Malacite

Seeing as they are releasing the "Ultimate" Collection, and XIV is out next year, I'd say it's a fairly safe bet that WotG will be XI's last major expansion.

Hahahahahahahaha.

Yeah, because marketers never call their product the 'greatest' just to boost sales; and because all MMOs die when their successors come out.

[Malacite]

There found it;

Dengeki Interview: The Future of FFXI :: Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) at ZAM

The Future of FFXI

I think we can all breath a sigh of relief about the future of FFXI at this point. Now that we know content is on the way for months (and years?) to come, let's take a look at what exactly we have in store!

First up, we have the July Version Update heading our way. In Japanese they refer to it as landing in ７月下旬 (shichi-gatsu ge-jyun), or the "bottom third" of July. At that time, we will finally be granted access to new areas in the Northlands. Wings of the Goddess is said to be heating up and getting ever-closer to the climactic conclusion! As for the core story line, Ogawa says that with this new update, we are about 2/3rds finished with the expansion.

So it wasn't Tanaka himself, but it was in a joint-interview.