> If I were Notch, and just got some renewed motivation to develop the game, I would have just told everyone "I have stopped - project's dead" so I could work o

> If I were Notch, and just got some renewed motivation to develop the game, I would have just told everyone "I have stopped - project's dead" so I could work on it in peace. You might be correct that he's succumbing to the pressure. However, I don't think that'd have the affect you're after. At least not in the short term. Announcements like that don't bring peace and quiet when you've already got a bunch of kids in the back seat screaming "are we there yet?"