I suspect even with KS and his lottery winnings the game is too ambitious for his cash resources. Besides it looks like it is design by committee, which isn't practical.
Essentially he's asking for a huge amount of money to be made available to someone with no experience or background in games development. Better projects have failed more spectacularly.
Closure comes to PSN on March 27
Mar 15th 2012 2:54PM (Joystiq)Win Lottery > Design MMO > ??? > Profit!
Mar 14th 2012 2:10PM (Massively)Essentially he's asking for a huge amount of money to be made available to someone with no experience or background in games development. Better projects have failed more spectacularly.