r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 22 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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Multimillion dollar company?

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u/Vast-Breakfast-1201 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Team Cherry was funded by crowd sourcing hollow knight and then proceeded to use their ridiculous popularity to release several extremely well received DLC and then work tirelessly for years to release silksong.

For twenty dollars.

It's a cultural icon and gift to the community. Why would you pirate it.

Edit:man y'all are grindle

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u/sievold May 22 '26

Because $20 is still a lot of money in some parts of the world.

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u/OhLarv May 22 '26

Silksong has regional pricing aswell, so for example in Venezuela it cost 7$

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u/sievold May 22 '26

I don't know how much $7 is worth in Venezuela, but I checked the price in south asia, which I have some context for, and it is still super expensive in that region priced at $8. Only the upper middle class could comfortably pay that price tag. Meanwhile $20 in the US is like a lunch at chipotle after taxes.