Notch (of Minecraft fame) offers to fund Psychonauts 2

[J T]

If this happens, it will be the gaming news story of the year.

I love Notch for doing stuff like this.

[gtmtnbiker]

Keep in mind that this is not a donation. He's likely to get money back plus more unless the game is a complete bust.

[ZeroAX]

Keep in mind that this is not a donation. He's likely to get money back plus more unless the game is a complete bust.

yeah but this is clearly a move fueled by fandom not investment opportunity

[Erik_Twice]

Keep in mind that this is not a donation. He's likely to get money back plus more unless the game is a complete bust.

We are talking about Psychonauts here

[retrosportsgamer]

Keep in mind that this is not a donation. He's likely to get money back plus more unless the game is a complete bust.

Well yeah, it's called a business decision

[ZeroAX]

Keep in mind that this is not a donation. He's likely to get money back plus more unless the game is a complete bust.

We are talking about Psychonauts here

At least he can keep saying that he only publishes high quality and unique games.....that's got to count for some good marketing....right?

[sabrage]

I remember I was in a video game store around the time that Psychonauts came out... Loud and obnoxious teenager that I was, I recommended a random customer who asked get Psychonauts. He said "I'm not into those kiddie-style games." I wish I could say I promptly kicked him in the testicles, but suffice it to say no Psychonauts were sold that day.

This is the best news I've ever heard. And Notch ensures it'll get a proper PC release, too.

[GameMasterGuy]

Psychonauts is my third favorite game of all time, only behind Earthbound and its sequel. I'm not getting my hopes up, anything could go wrong, but this certainly looks promising.

[ZeroAX]

https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend

Some more info from Schafer's twitter page:

If you're wondering about @notch’s generous offer to help Psychonauts 2 happen, all I can say is that we are having a lovely chat about it!

These things take time to figure out--if they can be figured out--so please don’t expect any Psychonauts 2 announcements any time soon.

(Or “PsychoNotch” as he’s insisting we call it. The guy is a hard negotiator, let me tell you. And that ego!)

But… on the topic of using non-traditional game funding to fulfill fan requests, we WILL be making an announcement later today!

@ PsychoNotch

[SirPsycho]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66WdaPCT_VA&t=10m48s

It looks like Notch and Schafer are here to start a revolution, and they choose now to get it started.