THIS. The business model he implicitly chose when he sold Bullfrog just isn't suitable for him, he should have kept Bullfrog independent, possibly relying on big 3rd party publishers to tap the full sales potential of the biggest mass appealing projects, but keeping the option of self-publishing any revolutionary project if refused by external publishers. BTW, when the net wasn't as fast as now it would have been just a dream, but imagine independent Molyneux and Bullfrog following in more recent times Notch's Minecraft business model.

The bottom line is that Milo & Kate would have been a really really boring game (and also slightly creepy).

I am pretty sure many would have said that to Nintendo about Nintendogs, but Nintendogs worked out for Nintendo. I think a huge market exists for simulated kids, that play with you. Namely for kids. 

However I don't think Molyneux could make such a product. 

It only sounds creepy because of American paranoia about pedophilia. It's gotten around to the same point as the paranoia about homosexuality, where in the case of Milo and Kate it wouldn't be weird because pedophiles might like it, it would be weird because liking it might make you a pedophile (like how American culture proscribes doing "gay" things like antiquing or drinky fruity alcoholic drinks, because if you enjoy it, then you must be gay or people will think you are, even if they, at the same time, think there's nothing wrong with being gay per se)

The point is that it sounds like a bad idea, but really wouldn't be, and also shouldn't sound like a bad idea. What Molyneux described was a good idea, the problem was he described it with the bitter undertone of "we made something that was too good for all of you, so fuck you all, we didn't release it." The key takeaway was that it really wasn't a viable project the way he pursued it, not that it isn't a viable project, which is where he comes off sounding a bit like a liar in this case.

I agree with this statement except that I think that it wouldn't be slightly creepy at all.

It would be extremely creepy.

No. You just hyped that shit up, and couldn't deliver. Same with any of the fucking Fable game.

Whatever he took when doing the interview, I want some, too.

The concept of it all was interesting at E3 2009, but of course Lionhead could not bring it all together in one successful package. I'm really not surprised Molyneux is leaving the studio.

Quote from the article: "There was a lot of technology that was in Milo that's now in The Journey, but it's just not this delightful celebration of youth."...

Way to go on trying to sell your next product, the Journey. Does this mean the Journey won't be delightful? :0