Hole Knight: Silksong, Staff 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 Staff Cherry may have charged extra for Silksong, it’s primarily 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 Staff Cherry cofounder Ari Gibson in a 2018 Reddit post. “In the end, our essential curiosity is that as many individuals as attainable play our video games, and we wish to value them such that gamers can accomplish that.”
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 some of the profitable indie video video games ever, so a $19.99 price ticket for Silksong may produce comparable gross sales outcomes — particularly because it’s presently the most wishlisted game on Steam.
Silksong is releasing at 7AM PT / 10AM ET / 3PM UK on September 4th. Will probably be obtainable on Nintendo Change, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and Staff Cherry has additionally struck a deal to incorporate Silksong on Xbox Sport Go on day one.