Hole Knight: Silksong, Group Cherry’s sequel to Hole Knight that has been in improvement for seven years, is releasing later this week for simply $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September 4th comes with a modest $5 bump over Hole Knight’s unique $14.99 price ticket.
Whereas Group Cherry might have charged extra for Silksong, it’s basically pricing it the identical as the unique whenever you think about inflation over the previous eight years. The group revealed seven years in the past that it saved the Hole Knight pricing low to make sure as many individuals performed it as attainable. “$15 US is definitely fairly a bit of cash for many individuals, particularly in different nations than the US,” defined Group Cherry cofounder Ari Gibson in a 2018 Reddit put up. “In the end, our major curiosity is that as many individuals as attainable play our video games, and we need to worth them such that gamers can achieve this.”
The thoughtful alternative on the pricing of Hole Knight allowed thousands and thousands of individuals to play the sport, with the unique promoting greater than 15 million copies. That’s made Hole Knight one of the vital profitable indie video video games ever, so a $19.99 price ticket for Silksong might produce related gross sales outcomes — particularly because it’s at the moment the most wishlisted recreation on Steam.
Silksong is releasing at 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 3PM UK on September 4th. It is going to be obtainable on Nintendo Change, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and Group Cherry has additionally struck a deal to incorporate Silksong on Xbox Recreation Cross on day one.
