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I know some of y'all will sperg out at me for posting a link from Cucktaku but they actually did some original reporting instead of aggregating from somewhere else:
http://kotaku.com/the-real-story-behind-xenogears-unfinished-disc-2-1796151112
tl;dr: It wasn't that they allocated funds/staff towards the vastly inferior Final Fantasy 8, but they were simply pressed by the deadline due to having a lot of newer staff and stalled production. The execs suggested they end the game after the escape from Solaris (the end of disc 1), and the abbreviated disc 2 was the compromise.
That would have probably made for a better game...
Just have Krelian go straight for the Merkabha, use the Gaetia Key and restore System Deus, maybe leave in the Ft. Jasper bit and have it take a few pot shots to break his shields or something. Then you go in to see just what the hell this thing is...
That would have been like 2 extra hours of actual gameplay instead of a couple of worthless dungeons and Rico crying.