It should be noted that this isn't technically the Minecraft creators next project, it's a project done by a different team in the studio he formed. Mojang was formed after Minecraft's success, he hired his friend Jakob (among others) and he's leading the game -- Notch is still working on Minecraft.
Indeed, and also: What about trust in pre-purchasing a beta?
I mean, Minecraft is a very interesting game as it is, but I'd guess that most people pre-purchasing it (and it is still offered under that description) expect it to be developed further, and probably count(ed) on a sizable share of their money being used towards further development...
(but good to hear that Notch is still working on it)
Mojang is printing money so fast I'd be terrified if they tried to apply even a modest fraction of it at the game. Scaling a team like that is a great way to ruin a functional forumla.
For context: Mojang started having employees in November/December 2010. At that point Minecraft already sold a few thousand copies per day. (It’s still selling several thousand copies per day, nearly 11,000 in the last 24 hours.)
