The current state of progress was revealed in a blog update by NIS America Senior Associate Producer Alan Costa, who is currently heading up the Ys VIII revision project under Yamashita.
Last month NIS America president and CEO Takuro Yamashita came out to apologize for a Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA localization that was deemed unsatisfactory.
The fix has been pushed back to early 2018, which also means the definitive PC version will follow suit.