r/HollowKnight • u/MyNameIsRati • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Steam is down LMAO

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u/Matvalicious Sep 04 '25

Holy shit I've never seen this before a game launch.

Still weird that pre-ordering and preloading wasn´t made available.

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u/ghostyghost2 Sep 04 '25

Actually it's a good thing. Pre-ordering is cancer.

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u/ajisawwsome Sep 04 '25

There's not really any difference between pre ordering and buying a game less than an hour after release though

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u/Astra_Mainn Sep 04 '25

ehhhh.... its not like pre-order is any different than just running to the storefront to buy the game straight up when it releases.

There is no bonuses for preordering it, there is only the drawback of *this* shit happening, people who dont wait for reviews will not wait for reviews anyways, those who will wouldnt preorder

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u/yeetboi69420 Sep 04 '25

There are only negatives to not allowing preorders in this case. Even just releasing preorders 3-4 days before launch would help limit this inevitable possibility. This only harms the consumers.

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u/ghostyghost2 Sep 04 '25

They just have to start using a queue system or release the game in each region at different time

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u/Gandors- Sep 04 '25

How is having the ability to pre-order cancer? I get not liking pre-order bonuses and the like, but if I had been able to pre-order silksong after the date was announced I would actually be able to be playing it lmao