Team Cherry - Hollow Knight: Silksong will be $20 USD

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• RedPandaRaider@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can’t wait for the big corpos to cry about how selling an actually good game for a fair price is bad and something that customers can’t expect.

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  • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The only time I go “mmmcry more”

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• Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Them being cool about the price means:

  • I buy hollow knight again on steam (I played it on switch)
  • I buy silksong on day 1 without waiting for reviews
  • if it’s really good, I probably buy it for a friend someday

  Reasonable pricing does not equal lower sales. Greedy pricing leads to lower total sales, waiting for discounts, and screw you piracy.

  These are regular people - they understand.

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  • any1th3r3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    May I suggest buying it on GOG instead if you care about DRM-free?

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• PonyOfWar@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s a great price. I’m not even on the Silksong hypetrain and fully intended to wait for a discount a few years down the line, but I might just get it for that a few days after release if the reviews are good.

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  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you played the original Hollow Knight? I don't think you need to in order to play Silksong, but it'll help you know what to expect and it's also just a great game.

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    • PonyOfWar@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, I played it for 12 hours and quite liked it, but eventually got stuck at some bossfight and moved on to other games.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I feel like I’m the only one who didn’t think Hollow Knight was anything special.

      Not a bad game by any means, but it’s kind of just a decent metroidvania with a cool art style. I’ve never understood the insane amount of hype.

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  • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Knowing team cherry it’ll get a holiday sale or launch sale so people can but it and Hollow Knight.

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• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s the price of a little micro transaction in some other games. It will be worth, but I also feel kind of bad for the devs (or publisher). After so much time and work to produce (hopefully) a high quality game and then this cheap. Not complaining, but wondering if a higher price wouldn’t be too bad. I think 29,99 or 24,99 (the price of Factorio) would be totally acceptable in a time like this where AAA games come out at 79,99.

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  • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s no publisher, they’re as indie as they come. The original prototype and game were made by burning through their savings, and it sold millions of copies, so they’re completely sheltered from need for the rest of their lives. Silksong is only adding to that wealth. I feel like they’re very decent people who succeeded because they love what they do, and are good at it.

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    • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And by selling the sequel for basically the same price (adjusted for inflation), it seems like they’re using that wealth for good by pressuring greedy publishers to push prices down, not up.

      BL4 for $70 doesn’t seem like all that great of a deal when you might spend more time with a $20 game.

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  • catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Low price doesn't necessarily lead to less profit though, since the lesser the price, the more people who will be able to afford it. The devs probably want to get as many players as possible to play Silksong.

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  • Vupware@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This price point makes impulse buys much more likely, which can make a huge difference when your game has so much hype.

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  • ech@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    but I also feel kind of bad for the devs

    Why? They chose the price. They obviously think this is better than a $60+ price tag for a reason.

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  • Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could always buy two copies and send me one! /half-joking

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  • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly with all the free dlc from Hollow Knight and Team Cherry already stating plans for future dlcs for Silksong, I would probably drop $60 without thinking. I love indie games way more than the AAA bullshit that gets released now.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There will probably be DLC and soundtracks you can buy if you really just want to give them more money.

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    • Gamerswithgains@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The HK dlcs were free werent they?

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    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My point is less about me giving more money (I’m not that crazy about giving more money). My point was more about being curious about the reasons and decision of going this low. It’s more of a curiosity how much they could ask, before its too high. They don’t need spend money on advertisement, that’s for sure. Maybe this whole waiting saga is part of their “self advertising strategy” (just made up this terminology).

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That is such a chad move.

  It’s going to sell no matter what the price. But knowing that, they set the price low, trusting they’ll still make a profit on volume.

  If MS, EA, UBI, or any other publisher were in control, they’d set the price high, no matter how big the actual game was, knowing they’d make even more because of the hype train around the game.

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• spacedogroy@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m sure Silksong will be good - Shovel Knight was good. But I wonder if they’ve kept the price relatively low to move into the impulse buy territory, because even they know the amount of hype around the game is flash in the pan.

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  • apotheotic@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My favourite part of Shovel Knight was when they used the shovel to seal the radiance away

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    • minyakcurry@monyet.cc ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dream shovel

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  • siipale@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No trench too great.
    No ditch to dig.
    No shovel to break.

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• overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a team-cherry-pilled Australian, I’m so proud to see some of my own people putting out a decent game at a decent price. Silksong is the #1 most wishlisted game on Steam, they could have taken the bag but care more about longevity and goodwill as a developer.

  Absolute props to them.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let me preorder it already you fuck

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  • tamlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is there a reason to preorder a digital game?

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    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, but I trust Team Cherry more than other game companies. I still will probably just wait till Thursday though.

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, but it’s fun to tell a company that doesn’t do this stuff

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