Why is it taking so long?

[Man of God]

I know we have a million threads about this, but seriously really. Does anyone know?

It seemed they generally were on track for a 2022 release, but now a 2023 release doesn't seem likely at all. They went from hinting about dates to just flat out being silent. Usually this means 'bad news', like some creative talent leaving etc.

I'm maybe out of the loop but has anything bad happened with Team Cherry?

[lieutenantkirtar]

Yeah I just got off the phone with Team Cherry, after the first 100 times when they threatened me with restraining orders and then hung up they finally said "We told Microsoft it would be ready in a year back in June, leave us alone"

[Alsart Savience]

TC is silent because that's simply how they operate regarding communications; i thought that was obvious by this point.
Nothing bad happened to TC as far as we know, not like there's much reason to think that to begin with.
Why is taking so long, you ask? Maybe because of the increased scope the game has compared to HK, or having to develop it to be ready for all consoles at release, it could be a lot of things. In the end it barely matters, games having a long development process doesn't necessarily mean something wrong happened, sometime games do take a lot of time, that's it.

[Man of God]

Originally posted by lieutenantkirtar:

Yeah I just got off the phone with Team Cherry, after the first 100 times when they threatened me with restraining orders and then hung up they finally said "We told Microsoft it would be ready in a year back in June, leave us alone"

This actually made me kek. Thanks for posting.

[BlackSunEmpire]

76 days till forum meltdown 😁🍿🍿🍿

[GoatPepper]

Anyone wanna mainline some copium with me?

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by GoatPepper:

Anyone wanna mainline some copium with me?

Be careful , my borther-in-law is with the DEA

[MapleOmega]

Sounds like play testing is underway, assuming discord was accurate. Just have to wait it out at this point.

[stevo]

Bit tedious at this point. Just seen that it's been on my Wishlist since 2019.

[T9]

Originally posted by stevo:

Bit tedious at this point. Just seen that it's been on my Wishlist since 2019.

I added it 2019 too :D

[AshenCue]

Some say COVID paused/delayed development, some say one of the devs had a child and is taking a break... No one knows for sure due to them being terrible at staying connected with the fans. The Biggest mistake they did was announcing the game early. Should have just worked on it on the low until it's ready.

I understand that they want the game to be better than the first so they're taking their time. But man it's taking way too long...

[T9]

it's not like the world stopped completly with Covid
Even less in bureaus
They can't sit on computer or do meetings via voice because outside is a virus? Kinda poor excuse everyone used xD

[cardvark61]

Originally posted by AshenCue:

The Biggest mistake they did was announcing the game early. Should have just worked on it on the low until it's ready

It was going to be DLC at first, so they announced it when they started working, but it eventually became a full game and they had to announce it to avoid disappointing backers.

[a u t o m a t i c]

I think I remember watching an IGN interview with the devs where the devs stated the game would release during the summer of 2020. Let me go and look to see if I can find that video again...

Edit: I just looked and I couldn't find it - maybe they took the video down? But the interview was with the marketing lead (a woman) and they were showing of the first biome and the first boss encounter. And I want to say it was in 2020. Does anyone know the video that I'm referring to.

However, basically my point is that it's 3 years later and still no sign of when this game is going to release - which is crazy IMO.

[HolidayFromReal]

Originally posted by e n i g m a:

Does anyone know the video that I'm referring to.

Nintendo Treehouse maybe? However that was in 2019. One of the female hosts said that Silksong is going to come out "soon".

[DaBa]

Who knows at this point? Devs don't say anything so your guess is as good as ours.

Things definitely did not go as planned though, sequels to video games that utilize the same engine, assets and other bits of code do not take longer to make than the original that has been made entirely from scratch.