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Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 30 minutes and counting now

store.steampowered.com Hollow Knight: Silksong on Steam

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

LET ME IN

Edit: It took 3 hours but Steam servers are stable now, I finally bought it. See you on the other side

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available on Steam - and it broke the Steam store

store.steampowered.com /app/1030300/Hollow_Knight_Silksong/

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Oh. So this might actually be a legit reason to do preorders, lol. I too got caught in payment progressing hell but I finally got it.
- Not preordering is about waiting for reviews and bugfixes, isn't it? If you're gonna play on day one regardless, of course pre-order makes sense.
  
  He has at least initial impressions. Some (Too many) AAA games will go mostly negative in less than an hour.
  
  Even then it doesn't make sense. There is no limited supply. Paying for nothing will never make sense
  
  Paying your bills before the last due day is wasting money. Sure.
  
  I said paying for nothing will never make sense. And it remains true. Don’t know who you meant to reply to, but what you said is very dumb
  
  You said it does not make sense to pay for it before release. It does so you can play it immediately and are done with that task.
  
  All it does is save 30s. You would still have issues downloading the game due to Steam servers being swamped
  
  I see, you misread my or someone else’s comment. Please try again.
  Also, I hope this exchange leads you to realize you get billed for services you use. You will end up in jail if you don’t
- Yea, this has always been a legitimately good reason for digital pre-orders to exist, if people can buy games before release it really lessens the blow. I think the real issue with pre-orders is the dumb bonuses and such, really
  
  I think preordering a game 2-3 days before release is fine. Preordering when the game is announced, isn't releasing for 6+ months, gets delayed for months (probably a few times), and/or sits in beta for 2+ years is extremely damaging to the gaming industry for the players and the teams working on these games.
  
  Curious to see what you think is the dangerous part for the business side. I see preorders as this holdover from a time when physical media was king and scarcity could (and sometimes did) prevent day one purchases. It certainly makes less sense now for consumers unless you must have the bonuses (if any).
  
  Not so much the business but the employees
  
  Yeah, I'm glad most indie games don't do that. My wife was surprised I wanted to preorder a game with no bonuses, I think she has worked for corporate a little too long.
- Yea, when i saw they weren't doing pre-orders i 100% expected steam to have some kind of issues on launch day.

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