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		xmodem 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fire Shuts GTA 6 Developer Rockstar North, Followi... The point is that no indie dev was able to plan around the surprise release of Silksong, precisely because it was a surprise.

embedding-shape 24 days ago [–]

Ah, so then just an agreement with "Matters way less than people think" in the end?

xmodem 24 days ago | [–]

No.

A lot of devs delayed their launches:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/silksong-release-date-has-...

Those that didn't or couldn't think it hurt them pretty badly:

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/hell-is-us-boss-slams-silkson...

In general I think you are probably right. But there are definitely exceptions and this is one of them.

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