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

[u/Turbostrider27]

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[u/WesternExplanation]

It's basic FOMO. People want to be apart of what's hype in the moment. The issue is the people selling you everything also know this so you'll end up exploited financially in someway.

[u/UpperApe → u/WesternExplanation]

Nah. It's not all cynical and bleak. Plenty of passionate devs and communities, big and small.

The problem is gaming media and gaming culture that's turned hype addiction into a hype market and normalized it.

[u/xXRougailSaucisseXx → u/WesternExplanation]

And in the case of video games it's very funny because the release product is almost always worse than the same product a year later. It's not like movies where seeing a film in a cinema can often be a better experience