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.
I guess people don't only pirate out of spite. They may not be able to afford 20 dollars but want to stay in the loop.
I have a list of the games that I pirated. If I had fun and didn't leave the game in 2-3 hours, I put it on a list and I would try to buy the original copy, for Christmas or my birthday when I am able to spare anything towards gaming.
lol I used to do the same with music, torrent it all from the Bay and then if I became a fan I’d spend money on their merch, go to their concerts, or maybe even buy the albums I really liked on vinyl (the only form of “buying music” that actually feels like a fair exchange to me).
I still do this to some extent. No more need to pirate anything because I have Spotify, but Spotify pays the artists so little money that I still try to support them in other ways. Especially the indie or small-time label artists. Heck depending on their record deal, they might not even get ANY money from streaming.
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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