I wonder what happened? Damn shame that, at least from Skybound, the physical release of the game is no longer releasing. Hopefully someone else picks it up.
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Skybound Games + Team Cherry's Partnership Dissolves | Physical Release for Hollow Knight Cancelled
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I wonder what happened? Damn shame that, at least from Skybound, the physical release of the game is no longer releasing. Hopefully someone else picks it up.
Are skybound games the studio being drafted in to finish the walking dead game?
I may be completely muddled!
I may be completely muddled!
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It did.
Skybound deal was only for physical releases of the game so it's the only thing they could be talking about.
I was really looking forward to picking up a physical release to support the game, so I hope it still happens. But, yes, it sounds like it was more Team Cherry's decision?
If you're able Xbox owner you really shouldn't be expecting physical indie games this generation anyway.
Being cynical here but that sounds like a Limited Run Games release which I feel like would be prohibitively expensive for lots of people if the demand for a physical copy is what I think it's gonna be.
I think the currently existing DLCs were merely the end of the "free" DLCs, but that they were going to continue development of further paid DLCs?
All LRG Switch stuff has been open pre-order though with costs only being $10 for the cart/dev take plus whatever the digital game cost has been. I don't think i'd call their releases prohibitively expensive.
Then we could even get another situation like with YL and Golf Story, and those prices are @ parity with the LRG price.
I haven't kept up with their Switch output, but it's more of the scarcity and prices down the line that I'm worried about.
They've been doing preorders for every Switch release thus far, so as long as you pay attention you really cant miss it. Not like their other games where they sell put in 5 minutes.
that sucks, but i REALLY hope the people who were waiting for a physical version just go ahead and buy it digitally. it's one of the best games of the generation, is unbelievably cheap, and shouldn't be ignored just cuz there's no physical version.
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Yeah, the game is ludicrously cheap considering it's polish and value, and the game is fantastic. I'd love to double-dip with a physical edition to support the devs.
Damn, i hope they will release it later, maybe with limited run games! I already played it on PC but i wanted to go physical on switch!
I was waiting for the physical version, so this sucks. However, next year I'll probably just get the digital version once my backlog decreases at a rapid rate.
Skybound Games is one arm of Skybound Entertainment, which is owned by Robert Kirkman, who writes the Walking Dead comics. They have some involvement with all the Walking Dead properties, including the Telltale series, which they're in the process of taking over.
Like Image Comics, which publishes The Walking Dead, creator rights are at the centre of their business model (which is why Kirkman has so much control over the various adaptations of his comics versus someone whose comic was put out by Marvel or DC). So I'd give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to whatever's happened with Hollow Knight.
Damn, I was actually waiting for the physical release to get this game... So now, do I just cave and buy it digitally or wait a little longer to see if they get some other deal...
This is silly to me. The game is very cheap, comes with 40 hour base content plus 3 free dlc. It's the best metroidvania since SotN and Super Metroid. Support quality work by indie developers any way you can.
Physical is just completely sublime, and I have no reason to support a release format that I actively detest. Sorry, but that's the way it's going to be.
Wow that's a bizarre stance. 'Any more'? More and more games will be digital only, and this one has been for ages. It's a stellar game that's super cheap. Y'all weird.
I assume Skybound wanted to print way more initially than Team Cherry expects to sell (likely because of the overwhelmingly positive digital sales) so they want to work with someone who will do a smaller run.
I love Physical and while I do make some digital purchases I also understand your position. Nothing wrong with making a decision to wait for a Physical copy that I believe will still come eventually.
Yeah, I have cut back my digital purchases and I'm increasingly avoiding them altogether. Why put my money into something that isn't the best product for me?
Also this. It's never too late for physical to happen.
Skybound wasn' drafted to do so as much as Skybound snagged the rights back. Skybound was started by, and owned by Robert Kirkman, the creator of the Walking Dead comic.
"I wonder what happened?" Etc.
It says it right there. 3 person team is tiny. They're still working on hollow knight content and now have like 4 platforms to support with patches and stuff. The extra stress on a tiny team likely not worth it compared to how much physical would sell.
It says it right there. 3 person team is tiny. They're still working on hollow knight content and now have like 4 platforms to support with patches and stuff. The extra stress on a tiny team likely not worth it compared to how much physical would sell.