Money doesn't buy you happiness, but being poor sure makes you miserable.

So Notch is proof that money doesn't necessarily buy you happiness

Imagine making a game, selling it, and being told you cant attend a convention for the game. Even as a guest...

It's fascinating to see how Notch's journey in Minecraft mirrors his own life. Building a successful empire, but ultimately feeling empty and directionless. It's a reminder that true fulfillment comes from more than just material wealth.

he turned creative mode on just to realise that survival was actually the best

Just like turning creative mode on without a reason to do stuff

Honestly I think what he really needs is a small group of friends who just genuinely enjoy hanging out with him, regardless of his money. If I could give him advice, I'd say maybe try going on some online multiplayer game with a username that doesn't reveal who you are, and just try to connect with someone. Maybe get a dog so you have a responsibility to care for something again. Hell I'd even be down to game with him, we can make jokes we really shouldn't be making and talk about life while playing Starcraft or Halo or something I dunno. I just hate seeing the guy like this, Minecraft undoubtedly had a huge impact on my life, and is still to this day one of my favorite things to play in my free time. So Markus if you somehow happen to stumble across my comment, there's meaning out there for you somewhere bro, you just gotta start looking.

He's human, like everyone else. He's had to deal with tragedy (the suicide of his father, divorce, generational depression), also a sudden influx of wealth and fame. His comments are typical of our current culture war but the only difference is that he is a person of great influence instead of some random twitter account.

I hate how that news anchor said “It’s tough being a billionaire” Bitch depression isn’t only for the middle class. Everyone can be affected by it.

I always find it a bit unsettling to see someone like him be so unhappy in life. It's a pretty bleak reminder that there are no guaruntees.

Imagine being in a room full of people and feeling lonely. I understand him.

The only problem is he's not a businessman, but a game developer. That combined with his inability to face suffering outside of work, or taking measured risk, makes it even harder for him to enjoy what would be a dream for most. Regardless of what he said, I love the guy. Unlike the criminal celebrities and predator elites we praise, the worst this man did was tweet conservative talking points out of frustration, and the best he did was unlock the creative potential of every child who enjoyed Minecraft. I'm not creative at all, but Minecraft was one of the first times I realized that only I controlled my destiny, and only I had the power to make myself grow. Notch will always be the best thing that happened to Minecraft, even if all of us moved on to the future.

Let's be honest notch not wanting to hang out with Ethan is completely understandable

Ironic... the man who gave millions memories and happiness, couldn't find happiness for himself.

I actually got to make Notch laugh on Twitter a couple of times years ago. I was surprised he was laughing at my tweets let alone even replying to me. I don't always get to make billionaires laugh. The odd thing was sometime later I went to his account to see what he was up to, and I was blocked. Hope all is well, Marcus.

I met the young guy who was Notch’s “manager” a few times nearly 10 years ago. He’s shown in a photo in this video, he was memorable as an arrogant and rude American kid, not the obvious healthy choice of manager for an introverted Swedish developer. The musicians and celebrities Notch was introduced to were pretty obviously his idea . I got to attend a handful of elite LA parties, and they became sad and tiresome very quickly.

If there is a millionaire out there suffering, remember. I am here for you. I could gladly take the burden off your shoulders and let you be happy.

Unlike 99.999% of people on this Earth, Notch actually won the game of life. As he stared at the "You win" screen tens of billions of others never got to see, he was left with one question that anyone who has ever 100% completed a long video game is faced with... "What do I do now?"

I hope he’s aware of the years and years of fun he’s given people all over the world. We love you Marcus. Thank you for sprinkling fun into our childhoods.

bro still can spend time with his family, trying out new things that he cannot do, helping other people, etc. He ain't losing his life, he's wasting his life. I hope he's living a good life right now

Imagine if you created a game and you weren't invited to its 10-year anniversary

Someone wasn’t blessed by the Temple of Notch...

it's sad to see the man who made a big part of my childhood.. not only my childhood but my life as a whole sad, it's just heartbreaking

You brought this video around beautifully in the end with that metaphor.

Funnily enough "creative mode" in Minecraft is a perfect analogy for his life. Yeah you've got all the building blocks, but suddenly your existence becomes meaningless and you zoom around not knowing what to build, whereas in survival mode the task of surviving dictates your life a meaning and direction.

This is honestly really sad. He's brought me and so many others countless hours of joy through Minecraft. Not to mention the livelihoods of youtubers, developers, and modders that exist because of Notch's creation. I hope he finds peace

I bought Minecraft Beta for my son when he was little. He's 24 now. He had years of fun with that game

Its insane that he was unwelcome from the 10 year anniversary despite being the creator of the game.

Notch finished life, he beat the game, and showed us that beating that game isnt the point its to live through it.

Wacky to hear myself being referenced in a video I'm watching, haha. This is one of those crazy situations where money made someone's issues worse, not better and I think there's so much to learn from it.

I love the way this video is edited. With some Minecraft elements like particle effects and noises. It really brings you into the topic of whatever Sunny is talking about.

Also. He said watching his reflection "in the monitor" not the mirror. Pay attention to detail my man, this could have been a great opportunity to express his specific sadness as a programmer. Jeez.

Notch's biggest flaw is that he cares about what other people think of him.

It's a beautiful way to compare creative mode to life with no monetary issues. Seems to be the grind that keeps people going, not the goal.

i'm so sad for notch. in that era (2009) notch created the best game the world could ever get, in that 3d square game he got to bilions the possibility of build what they want, and in that social, he just got hate, just because he think differently in difference of the other twitter users

Minecraft has gotten me through very dark times and I am sad how the creator is stressed and not living happy I hope he finds a passion

This just makes me depressed.. And to make it worse, all this time I never knew any of this happened.. damn. 😔

Imagine how different childhoods would've been without Notch

Notch's story is like that one called suffering from success.

You missed out why he tweeted “getting hate for trying to do the right thing”. Mojang were stamping down on servers charging for access to premium content, as many kids were being conned, and Mojang were getting the angry emails from parents.

The most ironic thing is that creative mode describes notch's wealthy life. Its awesome being able to do whatever you want but it eventually gets boring when there is no goal and no one to share the expirience with.

The problem with Notch was that he was miserable in his apartment in Sweden. So it’s not a crazy statement to make that he would be miserable in LA in a mansion. His problem has always been finding inner happiness

the final lesson is so emotional and inspiring, thank you sunny

Notch did nothing wrong.

Why do rich people's mansions always look so empty, cold and uncomfortable?

Too bad. It is true that sometimes when you reach the top there's nothing left.

i think notch has the right political opinion

10:30 "Big companies don't like controversy" I don't know about that, Bud light and Target seem to love it.

Imagine seeing a whole ass youtube video on how your sad and lonely 💀

Dude could've saved himself so much trouble, heartache, stress, & sadness by just staying away from Twitter! Smh. Twitter is an absolute cesspool!

This is a good example of how money doesn't always give you happiness... When you have everything then there's nothing left to earn...

it is like, when you have done everything in your minecraft world and theres no reason to play anymore

Not wanting anything to do with ethan Klein is actually a sign of a healthy life.

It sounds like after he sold Minecraft he lived like Bojack Horseman.

Notch isn't missing wealth, famous friends. He is missing the piece, that was Minecraft. He misses working on such a big game like Minecraft with a community, having a relationship with the community.

The way Notch saved stuff into chunks was genius.

What a harrowing tale about success and achieving your ultimate goal in life too early - thanks for this video.

Notch is Gatsby. Huge house, constant parties trying to cover up his loneliness.

He will be always the creator of the game that marked my childhood . He is truly legend and even tho minecraft is bigger , i am quite sad he left minecraft because minecraft isn't the same anymore

Really good and deep video, thank you for putting the effort on making it with a useful reflection!

"A billionaire who throws extravagant parties at his house weekly." Man, all we need is a scandalous love triangle and we got our century's Gatsby

I met Notch at e3 when he debuted Minecraft pocket years before he sold to MS. He was a nice guy and was willing to talk to a random attendee (myself) about gaming for a few mins. Sad to hear this

I've known Markus for a while. Not very personally, but just in forum back-and-forth discussions a long time ago as fellow game developers on a game developer's forum a long time ago. He was kind of a star on that forum. He made Wurm Online, which I thought was really impressive. He made some super impressive smaller things (making a 1st person shooter in 4 kilobytes, making a quite convincing Mario clone with randomly generated maps etc). I always thought 'Notch' was a very talented and inspiring guy at game development, and I enjoyed our discussions at the time. During those times he never struck me as kind of an extreme bigot or anything, but then again we were just talking about game development. Anyhow, I just hope he's OK. I don't agree with a lot of stuff that he's been talking about politically. But I hope he can get back to doing the thing he loves, or get into something else that he loves to do.

Im very Impressed SunnyV2 Great video especially the last moments, comparing Notch's life to Minecraft Classic is extrodinary. For my own opinion, he was irritated that people wouldnt realise that he didnt work on the game that much anymore, but selling Minecraft would be the biggest mistake he made during his life. Skipping levels dosent mean you win in the end, skipping levels in life dosent mean youll be happy in the end

Notch had the Megamind effect. He defeated Metroman, got everything he ever wanted, a key to the city, billions of dollars and now....what is left to do? What is a bad guy without a radical foe? What is a hero where everything is all and right with the world and nothing needs fixed and no one needs saving?

The man won life, but couldn't win against his own demons. This is why mental health is so important. It can affect anyone...

Great video SunnyV2 :]

They forgot who made their childhood

He doesn’t even look famous. He can change his name and go anywhere he wants. Start a charity. Literally real life god mode and you just chill… can’t blame him for going insane tbh. Memento mori

Notch is a genius and very respectful of this guy I hope that his life will work out but nevertheless it is a pity that he sold Minecraft because Minecraft in his time was the Original with a real atmosphere.

That’s nuts how a country can take half of ur money like that. 1.3 billion in taxes is sooo not cool

Notch's problem wasn't that he got rich and "everything he wanted." Clearly, he had a warped view of what success was (with the LA parties) and despite creative a cool game, had a very uncreative view on what to do with billions of dollars. As a billionaire the world is your oyster. You can start humanitarian campaigns, entire new businesses, work for something that entire countries can't do. Yet he wasted his time partying with the worst people in the world 9LA types) and spending time on twitter. You should never spend time on twitter, that place and the people there are awful.

This man’s life literally turned into The Great Gatsby.

Man doesn’t know real stress he’s crying about being too rich

Being a billionaire is easy and not at all stressful, it's the being famous that gets to someone - a very wise homeless dude

you ever stop and realize if he had just deleted social media he would have seen virtually zero of that hate? like nobody's randomly walking up to notch, let alone even recognizing him irl and just spitting hate for random Minecraft issues. Social media is trash

I think I'd rather be a billionaire and sad, than be poor and sad

The reference to Minecraft really made me sad. Love your content.

Imagine being alone in such a big ass house, the void of loneliness must be massive.

The irony of all of this makes me sad. We spend tons of hours playing this game that brings us SO MUCH JOY, but the creator himself is unhappy and depressed. It just doesn’t sit well with me. I truly wish him the best and hope he can find something that brings him fulfillment and happiness 💕 We love you Notch, thanks for everything 💚

He's a swedish gamer nerd (nothing mean meant). I live in Sweden and know many guys like him. He's made to hang out at RPG and LAN parties with normal people, raid bosses and run games as a game master. Not buy mansions, drive supercars and hang out with celebrities on Ibiza. Money can't make you unhappy, what makes you unhappy is how you use it.

This was amazing!! this video was beautifully

Notchs live is so sad even when he makes billions

The problem of indie game developers is when they have created a “perfect” game is hard to reach again that perfection. The bar is set so high from the start, anything they try to make isn’t gonna reach it. People expect from them to create the next masterpiece but get disappointed and angry if their work doesn’t meet their high expectations. I think it would be hard for someone like Notch to create something new to match the success of Minecraft, something that not only people but also he would be satisfied.

The story of notch is more than just a tale of the guy who made Minecraft, but more of a lesson that once you reach the top the mountain, there is no where else to go... but down.

Gamers who attack the founder of their favorite game, because the game has a few bugs, are so insanely stupid and disrespectful. How could you attack the person who created the thing you fell in love with? It just blows my mind. I totally understand that he wanted to get out of that position.

I remember when I was in primary school we would talk about Notch as if he was like the God of Minecraft itself (like he could influence your world and stuff). We talked about it like Notch was like God and Herobrine was the devil, he was a legit urban legend. Now many years later, I can’t even remember the last time I heard his name. It’s heartbreaking.

Reminds me of playing pre-hacked games where you automatically win. I remember as a kid thinking how boring life could be if you could wish everything to come true.

When you have everything you just dont have anything to work towards anymore it feels like, really interesting video

Notch was spittin facts over twitter

Hearing someone describe Minecraft as a "work in progress" really took me back

I met notch in person, at the very first unofficial minecon. Still have pictures and his signature in my art book with minecraft drawings. He was very wholesome then, he was kind and listened to everyone who talked to him, just a genuinely nice guy to be around. It's really sad how he ended up. I hope he finds some purpose in life again.

This reminds me of that one thing Jake from Adventure Time said: "To live life, you need problems. If you get everything you want the minute you want it, then what’s the point of living?"

the lever pull was iconic

Honestly this is just such a sad and common story to see. Where someone who starts off with potential just becomes corrupted by success and their original passions have become forgotten both by themselves and those who knew them. Can't help but feel vulnerable in the fact that this would happen to pretty much everyone to some extent had we all gone through similar experiences. I get why people still say they respect him regardless of what he does,but really just because of a game? You seriously need to take a look at some of his life choices, especially with his child from the second marriage. There's just some actions that can't be overlooked so easily because of a greater past

Humans need purpose. If you love your job, don't retire. If you hate your job and can afford retirement, start working on a project you've dreamed of. Just keep working on something, whatever that may be... I wouldn't be surprised if this is a notable variable regarding one's natural lifespan. The brain needs stimulation.

I think the moral of the story is off. The problem isn't that too much wealth and free time causes loneliness and misery. The problem is wealth does not solve universal human social issues or existenial dread. Plenty of people rich and poor struggle with these issues.

H3 podcast crying about Notch refusing to join them is hilariious

His mistake was selling his child. Always a mistake to sell your greatest creation.

I'd be crippling depressed too if Ethan Klein constantly pestered me to hang out with him too.