Is it really Silksong behind this? Though I enjoyed the first game I’ve not been desperately waiting for the sequel and I’ve never heard anyone talking about it IRL.

It was the most wishlisted game on steam ever, priced at a very reasonable $20, and it released today after a 6 year wait with almost no press before the last couple of weeks.

For people confused - https://hollowknightsilksong.com/ - “Silksong” likely refers to a sequel of a game.

It's only $20? Hell yeah, add me to the server crush!

Yep, I'm STILL waiting for Steam to start working again. Been refreshing the pages for almost 3 hours, and have gotten as far as the payment screen!

Bought it no problom on gog, been playing for 2 hours now. Also, drm free.

That does seem likely, but I'm still confused. Could you expand some more on what else it could be?

Ps store let me buy it and download about 3hrs late. Everything else on the store seemed normal except that game.

Yeah but no regional pricing. Some places get it for as low as $8 so it's a significant difference.

$20 *before regional pricing*. Some places can get it as low as $8, which I imagine only is only adding fuel to the fire.

Apon further investigation I do believe that this "Silk song" item being refrenced in a games community might in fact be a video, uh, game. For people confused, video games are programs you can play on a device that has graphics, sound, and input devices. Otherwise known as "the nintendo".

It's probably something mundane like AAA releases come with more preparation for peak traffic.

I like to play Nintendo on my PC.

Thanks chat gbt

This but unironically

This is prove that direct downloads are ancient deprecated methods of delivery. P2P your releases.

*3 people (used to be 4). Not that that's less impressive. It's just worth it to be accurate.

Isnt one of them exclusively doing art?

I'm not really sure what you think is gained by treating the hard work of talented coders as "weak" or "a side project". Small teams *dream* of making something like HK. These are hall-of-fame level devs that will be remembered for ages. They deserve more respect than that.

Are you suggesting that's not part of game development?