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Had no issues getting it on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hollow_knight_silksong

Wait the original was only $15?! I got Hollow Knight in a Humble Bundle so I had no idea how cheap that amazing game was.

No wonder Silksong is only $20. I saw the memes about the devs asking for $20 and assumed it was $20 more like $60=>$80 or something like that.

It was $20 when I got it.

It's just three blokes and a bunch of contractors. According to Wikipedia Hollow Knight sold more than 15 million copies, at $15 that's $225M. Of course you have store fees, and discounts, and taxes, and whatnot, but all of that accounted for they still made at least dozens of millions – if not more.

It's unclear if they would make more money if it was much more expensive. I picked it up for €19.50 today; not sure I would have paid €80.

Definitely a unicorn success story. I’d be curious about Balatro in a similar vein—-labor of love turns wildly successful

I could get it for $7.99 :thinking:

Reminds me of how I found a switch light by thinking, “what’s the place that would have a Switch that would most surprise people they carried them?”

What place did that turn out to be?

I want to say Target but that’s too obvious. I think instead it was one of the regional Target wannabes with an electronics section. Those seem to be used more for bribery and by forgetful parents who forgot to get birthday presents.

Back in the day I found an Xbox 360 2 days after release in a bombed out Circuit City.

Same. Bought it about 45 minutes after it launched, and though the download was a bit slow, it was steady and installed just fine.

I've been playing it since t=0, also downloaded from GOG>

I got it from Humble Bundle and redeemed the key on Steam :)

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