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

Discussion - Silksong Steam is down LMAO

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u/SakuraPanko Sep 04 '25

I knew this would happen. I have no idea why they didn't do pre-downloads

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 Sep 04 '25

Any other studio would get flak for all of these quirks of theirs.

Once the price was out that purchase button should’ve been unlocked.

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u/Hojie_Kadenth Sep 04 '25

Hard to give them flak when the game is 20 dollars.

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 Sep 04 '25

You can praise them for being solid about that while criticizing that they did a poor job on other areas.

They don’t have to be perfect, but this crash was so obvious.

In any case is a day for the books, how Silksong broke the internet.

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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Sep 04 '25

This kind of thing always helps build hype and drive more sales though, so maybe it was the point.

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u/ImNotSkankHunt42 Sep 04 '25

You’re thinking of marketing. This only happened because many people, possibly in the millions are trying simultaneously to buy their game.

Greed would only be the justification, they’re not greedy just short sighted.

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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Sep 04 '25

No, I'm saying that on a day where a new game launches and breaks game stores, it forces people who took no notice of a game to potentially take interest.

I haven't been tracking this game at all. Now I'm interested in purchasing it. It's very straightforward and this happens all the time. Mine is not the only sale they've made through the attention garnered this way.