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I hope notch pulls a jk Rowling, creates a pseudonym and makes another game.

Minecraft alpha was fun. Quirky weird and awesome. I like to think notch was happy building that. He could start another, and cultivate a community. If it sucks (the pressure), open source it.

Or whatever, it's his life, and I wish him all the best.

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Games development is as much a crapshoot as book authoring, so I suspect Notch Prime's game would languish in indie obscurity like Robert Galbraith's books did, right up until someone leaks the association.

not really the point. i think notch would be happy making something in indie obscurity. Of course, i'm not him, perhaps he wants more money. I doubt that. Monthly releases for a few hundred users might be something he really likes. i accept that i would never hear about that game, or ever play it - as you say it's a crapshoot. the guy just seemed happy making stuff that other people liked.

Given he didn't optimise his tax bill when he sold Mojang, I doubt he wants more money. Afaik (read an article somewhere) 30% of the $2.5bn he got went to the Swedish treasury.

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