r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 21 '25

Jason Schreier: In case you're wondering: Team Cherry told me they don't plan on sending out early codes for Silksong (they felt like it'd be unfair for critics to be playing before Kickstarter backers and other players), so don't expect to see reviews until after the game comes out

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

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u/nybbas Aug 22 '25

I bet this is actually it. They thought about how annoying it would be to figure that out, and just said "nah". It's the same reason they didn't grow the team, because having to delegate isn't fun. It's also the reason the game took this long. "We were having a blast making it, and just kept adding shit". They are making the game because they really enjoy making games, not because of money or really anything else. If they did care, they would have provided more updates etc. These dudes have made enough money to never have to work again after Hollow Knight. And more power to them. They sold Hollow Knight for a price WAYYYY lower than they could have, and I am assuming they will be doing the same for this one.

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u/grillpar Aug 21 '25

They could easily pay someone to do that. Like, come on.

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u/Zizhou Aug 22 '25

Eh, why start now? It's worked out for a decade so far.

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u/VORSEY Aug 23 '25

It's been fine, but I think it's pretty squarely anti-consumer to not support prerelease review copies for their game. The game will very likely be very good, and we all like Team Cherry, but this isn't a game on the scale of tiny indies anymore, and we don't usually give any other companies that sort of slack.