Square Enix have announced that Final Fantasy XIII will be released at some point during 2009, but people were really curious about when Final Fantasy XIII would actually be hitting in North America and Europe.

During an interview with Reuters, Yoichi Wada (the president of Square Enix) announced that Square Exix had enjoyed good sales throughout the year, but that they will be releasing Final Fantasy XIII after April 2010 in order to make the sales count towards the following fiscal year.

While it's important to keep Square Enix's investors happy, it's a bit of a kick in the teeth for gamers in the west, as they have to wait so that Square Enix can satisfy their share holders.