After Hollow Knight: Silksong released across multiple platforms yesterday, the game – which has a DRM-free version, and also comes with a rather low retail price attached to it – was quickly cracked.
In a post over on the piracy reddit titled “That was f**king fast!”, the community noted Silksong was cracked within 15 minutes of release. That’s even with all of the various issues which saw the likes of Steam coming to a grinding halt (“I can’t believe it is faster than Steam,” one reply joked). However, in a rather wholesome little turn up for the books, the pirating community is actually urging others to buy the game, rather than pirate it.
“It’s a three to four person team that has done right by their fans at every turn. Making sure the PC release is DRM free. Making sure all original backers of Hollow Knight get Silksong free on their choice of platform. This is a time where if we can afford to support them, we should,” reads one reply in the thread.
“Hey, the game is pretty cheap. This one, we should not pirate,” another wrote, with a similar reply noting: “The only game I will feel bad if I ever pirated it.”
This reply made me smile: “Team Cherry has done so well that even r/Piracy members are buying their game.”
That was fucking fast!
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For more on Silksong, our Bertie spoke to several developers about the impact its low price will have on other indie games. Does it really matter, or has Team Cherry unexpectedly set a precedent for other indie games going forward? You can find out in Bertie’s feature: Is Hollow Knight Silksong’s ‘cheap’ price a problem for other indie games? Devs and publishers weigh up its impact.
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