The gaming industry deserved more lead time before Silksong

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refmon
08/28/2025
05:23 PM
#1
https://www.polygon.com/hollow-knight-silksong-gaming-industry-lead-time-announcement/

I thought it was a nothingburger but the amount of Indie games getting last minute delays because of Silksong is staggering
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DipDipDiver
08/28/2025
05:24 PM
#2
Silksong before GTA6 is actually crazy
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K181
08/28/2025
05:24 PM
#3
Delaying because you don't want to go up a higher hyped game makes sense.

Whining about it publicly is a douche move.
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DrizztLink
08/28/2025
05:28 PM
#4
K181 posted...
Delaying because you don't want to go up a higher hyped game makes sense.

Whining about it publicly is a douche move.
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realnifty1
08/28/2025
05:48 PM
#5
Why? Are they not businesses in competition with each other? Is McDonalds expected to give fair warning to Burger King if they want to launch a new sandwich?
K181
08/28/2025
05:52 PM
#6
realnifty1 posted...
Why? Are they not businesses in competition with each other? Is McDonalds expected to give fair warning to Burger King if they want to launch a new sandwich?

McDonald's: McRib is back.
Burger King: HOW DARE YOU
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pinky0926
09/02/2025
07:56 AM
#7
Nah, this is an L take for sure. Team Cherry are making a good game, not swamping us in endless hype and giving the game to fans and kickstarter contributors ahead of games industry journalists. The game costs $20.

Honestly this is the kind of thing we should be celebrating, not getting pissy about because it doesn't follow IGN's release schedule or whatever.
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Aysander
09/02/2025
08:26 AM
#8
I have a thought for the game industry, and especially indie devs.

Instead of blaming Team Cherry for your own bullshit timetables, maybe actually keep your game in development until it's truly and honestly done.

No Early Access

No Backer Copies.

No Pre-Production Marketing.

Actually just focus your efforts on developing the product you want to sell, then put it forward and do any marketing needed just before going gold. We don't need to know you have a concept of an idea, we need to know your idea has been realized.

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Error1355
09/02/2025
08:29 AM
#9
"It's rude to release a more anticipated title at the same time as my less anticipated title" is a very entitled stance to take.

Not that I can't relate to why they feel bad about it, but it isn't Team Cherry's fault lol.
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Shah138
09/02/2025
08:35 AM
#10
Based on the article, it doesnt really seem like developers are upset at the sudden release date. If anything Polygon is more upset and trying to put the respond on Team Cherry for not giving advanced notice.
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ssb_yunglink2
09/02/2025
08:36 AM
#11
Im sorry, this game has been in development for 70 years and theyre mad that its release announcement was too sudden lmao
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Flaming_Fire619
09/02/2025
09:09 AM
#12
On the one hand I don't believe Team Cherry owes anyone to announce their game early. They took the time and waited until the game was 100% ready and after 7 years they weren't going to make their fans wait for ages after an official announcement. They did good by fans and what they did was legit great.

But I do sort of get why indie devs will be frustrated. Team Cherry is already established hy Hollow Knight and they are already set. They know this game is gonna sell another 10+ Million copies unless it's absolutely awful. For a lot of these indie games they don't have this leeway, and now any game for the next 3 months is going to be battling for news coverage and play hours with easily the most anticipated indie game of i would argue all time for the next 3-4 months.

Unfortunately that's the business. Same thing happens in literally every entertainment media, just have to adjust and hope the date change is worth it. Better to move than have a Horizon situation.
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ssjevot
09/02/2025
09:10 AM
#13
I am shocked Polygon would write a rage bait article. /s
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MotaroRIP619
09/02/2025
09:14 AM
#14
I havent even played Hollow Knight
SadButTrue
09/02/2025
09:26 AM
#15
of course it would be some doofus from polygon
Dark_Moon
09/02/2025
09:48 AM
#16
Planning on getting and haven't play Hollow Knight yet
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Jiggy101011
09/02/2025
10:10 AM
#17
I thought Polygon got shutdown...
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-Crissaegrim-
09/02/2025
10:28 AM
#18
It already gave everyone a 6 year head start.
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Eat_More_Beef
09/02/2025
10:40 AM
#19
pinky0926 posted...
Nah, this is an L take for sure. Team Cherry are making a good game, not swamping us in endless hype and giving the game to fans and kickstarter contributors ahead of games industry journalists. The game costs $20.

Honestly this is the kind of thing we should be celebrating, not getting pissy about because it doesn't follow IGN's release schedule or whatever.

I second this. Wanna know why they're gonna sell 10+ million copies?

They don't dick their fans around (yes, ypu could say a seven year wait is dicking us around, but I believe they wanted to make the game great instead of releasing trash.

And I'll take a two week window for launch any day of the week. Now I don't have to sift through garbage articles and potential spoilers. Day one buy, and I've got the weekend off. It's about to be liiiiiiiiiit!
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ssjevot
09/02/2025
10:54 AM
#20
Eat_More_Beef posted...
I second this. Wanna know why they're gonna sell 10+ million copies?

They don't dick their fans around (yes, ypu could say a seven year wait is dicking us around, but I believe they wanted to make the game great instead of releasing trash.

And I'll take a two week window for launch any day of the week. Now I don't have to sift through garbage articles and potential spoilers. Day one buy, and I've got the weekend off. It's about to be liiiiiiiiiit!

They were objectively cooking those 7 years though. They wanted to make an experience that would live up to the hype. They weren't doing countless side projects and public appearances while claiming to work, they were actually working on it.
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