Silksong has been delayed

Just a few hours ago, Team Cherry’s marketing
director, Leth, posted an update about Hollow

Knight Silksong on the reputable website known
as Twiter.com.

In this post, Leth states that Team Cherry
had hoped to release Silksong in the first

half of 2023, but are still currently developing
the game and want to put more time into it

to make sure it can be the best game it can
be.

So the June 12th release window we got is
no longer valid.

And yes, this is real.

I even checked the community notes so you
know it’s real.

The Game Awards also tweeted out that Silksong
will not be releasing in June 2023 at all.

Team Cherry might follow up this tweet with
a blogpost themselves, but that remains to

be seen.

The delay is certainly disappointing.

There have been some rumblings that Xbox might
have pressured Team Cherry into committing

for a release date, especially since Team
Cherry has said in the past that Silksong

runs on “Cherry-Time”, which basically
meant whenever they felt like it.

Now I think everybody watching this channel
can agree that Xbox is evil, maybe even more

evil than, say, Disney or Footlocker, but
I don’t know if they really forced Team

Cherry to agree to a release window they didn’t
actually want.

That said, the fact that William and Ari themselves
never confirmed the June 12th release date

caused some doubts among fans here in the
first half of 2023.

So yeah, things have been kinda confusing
lately, leading to some disgruntled fans within

the community.

Which, I can’t really say I blame them.

Now, if they’re being assholes about it
and harassing the developers, that’s completely

unacceptable, but I do think Team Cherry could
have communicated with the fandom a little

more clearly though all of this.

But either way, I think we can all agree what's
ultimately important is the quality of the

final product.

And if Team Cherry thinks that they need this
extra time to make Silksong all the more special,

I trust them.

Remember the wise words of Bethesda Game Studios
director Todd Howard, who once said “"A

delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed
game is forever bad.

My name is Todd Howard."

Thank you, Todd Howard.

Shine on, you crazy bastard.