Hollow Knight: Silksong has unsurprisingly appeared on pirate websites in no seconds flat, but the game has also done what some media executives would incorrectly call impossible: get people to buy it legitimately anyway.
Some people will pirate things they don't even want just because they can or just to prove some unknown point, and some people genuinely don't have any other option logistically or financially. But I remain firm in my belief that the overwhelming majority of people will readily pay for a good, convenient, and affordable official option rather than going through the risk and rigamarole of piracy.
