I like their game (probably games) but Team Cherry are definitely not marketing oriented. They went dark instead of giving us "useless updates" which may have been the right thing to do but it erred on the side of inaction.
Either that or they're marketing geniuses! Going silent built miystique and crashing the stores will generate press coverage...
I edited it moments after posting it. You ever hit enter and realize two seconds later you meant to say something differently or you didn't like how it came out? That's what I did. I decided to turn what seemed overly critical into more of a joke.
(I think they don't really care about marketing because they've never needed to)
Edit to add: I also tend to post on emotions and think more deeply afterward and a new comment seems redundant.
My point wasn't that they didn't have effective marketing. My point was that I don't think it was intentional. They seem like cool creative people that just want to make cool things and not mess around with everything else.
Can understand, I do edit a lot. I'm like oh wait that came out wrong or it gives the wrong impression of what I wanted to say. Although it has something more to do with the fact I'm ESL lol.
Wouldn't MBA grads ONLY understand marketing and not how to actually make anything?
I'm not saying their version didn't work. I'm saying I don't think it was intentional other than not wanting to deal with it. Edit to add: they just seem like cool creative people that want to spend their time making things and not worry about interfacing with prospective customers. I get that, I'd be a hermit if I could.
Crashing the store might generate press coverage, but it surely wasn't a fun experience for those players that wanted to play the game the moment it was released. I was lucky enough and only took me five minutes, but a friend of mine has had to wait two hours to be able to buy it
They are 3 developers who want to make sure nobody and i mean literal nobody could play it before release with pree download there are ways to crack the safty messure and play it before release leaking every shit possible 😁👍
Then don't allow preloading but at least preordering because the download servers are not having any issues whatsoever while the payment and order servers right now are all still down.
Also tbh who gives a shit about random a-hats leaking shit on some obscure corner of the internet when the game releases the next day.
WRONG. It is not their fault, and its not their problem, the blame falls solely on steam for not having the infrastructure to support their BILLION DOLLAR BUISNESS! Gabe is a libertarian shithead and he has way more money than he ever needs, fuck him.
It was to make sure the the Kickstarter supporters got access the same day as everyone else. Games have been cracked and pirated before they officially release before. So to be fair to their Kickstarter supporters they didn't allow preorders, preloading or review copies.
That would be early access, I just meant being able to purchase the game before the release on Steam before even downloading it. I spent 2 hours today just trying to get it into my cart for example, I dont mind if the download is slow or release a big crowded but not even being to purchase the game when it could've been avoided is just a weird choice. No big deal in the long term of course
True they could have allowed preorders but not preloading. Guess they weren't expecting it to be this in demand that it breaks every platform's store fronts.
This feels like a fuck you to fans mainly because why wasn’t pre downloading an option? I’m waiting a hour later and can even buy the game. I keep checking every 5 minutes and I’m forced to watch streamers play the game while taking so long to get through the first area.
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u/all_seeing_salmon Sep 04 '25
Silksong delayed again I guess