Listening to it is not surprising Hollow Is it one of the most successful indie games ever? Launched a huge popular switch (A 1/4 of million sales For the first two weeks), six years should be done for six years to wait for one of the most exaggerated sequels. But the gloomy Metroidvania turned out to be much better than we expected.
In a new interview Bloomberg (PAYWALLED), Studio Co -founder ARI Gibson and William Pellan 15 million copies Since its launch in 2017, 2.8 million people have been done before. Silk song DEVS was announced in 2019 and said that more than 12 million people have been further for several years.
For reference, the number of sales of Hollow Knight is roughly consistent. Pokemon Legend: Arceus (We collected 1,483 million units sold by the last official number in 2023). Of course, not all the purchases of Hollow Knight did not come from the switch, but it is still Pokemon game.
According to Bloomberg Feature, the continuous success of the game meant that the team could continue to work in Silksong without having to worry about finances. Gibson told Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, “We are very lucky to him.”
It is clear that the team compares the development of Hollow Knight, which is known to live in the remaining office sandwich, and how far the studio is between the games.
If you miss it, Hollow Knight: Silksong starts at the switch and turns on switch 2 September 4th.
