Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG SALES & REVIEW ROUND-UP"

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

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Now, of course, you're probably saying to yourself, why in the world are we covering the game from 2017? Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Well, I will let you know when it comes to Hollow Night Silk Song being one of the more coveted releases, you also have to remember that the Hollow Night franchise as a whole has earned over a whopping. 15 million copies as of August 2025. And of course those analytics came from Bloomberg in interviews with the developers of Team Cherry, which speaking of them, let's talk about the overall creation of this very successful franchise,

as when it comes to the developers, Team Cherry, which is in Australia, and Ari Gibson, William Pellon, and Jack Vine were the leaders of the developers. team of team cherry and then as far as hollow night the concept began at 2013 ludum dare game jam if i said that correctly but the kick starter raised 57 000 so that being said and originally came out on pc february 2017 and then following up the pc version switch ps4 and xbox one versions came out in 2018 and then of course it is playable on PS5 as far as backward compatibility now as far as a 2017 game being talked about in 2025 that's because of hollow night silk song that is set to be one of the most anticipated sequels in quite some time because of course as far as 2017 all

the way to 2025 safe to say that the the avid fans of hollow night have been waiting for quite some time so as far as it's being one of the most anticipated sequels, you do have to keep in mind that Silk Song also faced a lot of delays, repeated delays, since its announcement, basically GTA levels of delays. Just think of that in their fan base. Because of course, as soon as the official release date was set, it was starting to rise up to charts like hotcakes as far as pre-orders. To the point where I believe Silk Song doesn't come out. out to September 4th, 2025. And it's already the fifth most engaged with game on game pass as far as trending. Now, as far as trending, I don't know if it's like a one to 10 as far as the, actually how many is up here? Four, eight, nine, yeah, I don't know if it's one to ten. It seems like

it is because Gears of War reloaded as the first one you see on trending. And I believe going all the way down to number 10 is hell let's lose. So I think it's an order. But if it's not then um it's just one of the most anticipated games on game pass but ultimately i think is listed out as far as numbers so i'm gonna say it's the fifth most engaged with game on game pass because of course that just means people have the subscription we really don't know how many dollars are being put on the game currently as when i looked at playstation when i looked at xbox as far as top pay games in the top 10 um i didn't see it on either or or playstation or Xbox but i still would assume that a lot of people are definitely clamoring for it as when I first reviewed a hollow night silk song as far as August 27th of this year as far as my reaction to the release trailer safe to say that trailer is doing phenomenal on YouTube I think it's one of the most engaged with videos on YouTube actually let's look at it right now so as far as the Hollow Night Silk Song it's been let's look at the trailer

as far as the hollow night silk song trailer it did about 3.5 million views as far as oh no that's three years ago i'm tripping okay so that makes it even more crazy because three years ago Xbox released a hollow night silk song trailer right that did 3.5 million views team cherry 10 days ago just released the updated release trailer for hollow night silk song and guess what that's at a whopping 4.7 million. So when we talk about the Hollow Night franchise, it's safe to say that they're fan base and what they've been doing along as far as like keeping them engaged. Because if you don't know, as far as 2017 to 2025 to still have people excited for the sequel is a huge accomplishment and it's not accomplished by a lot of games. Let's just put it like that.

If you take a huge hiatus, I would expect at least 50% of your audience to lose interest. But as far as Hollow Night seems like they haven't. So, Seek-Song is looking to be a success, but overall, let me just give people who are not even aware of this franchise what it's about. So as far as Hollow Night, you do have to keep in mind that even though you may not be aware of this game, just know it did sell 15 million copies as of August 2025. And with 12 million of those sales occurring in the six years that followed, as far as the announcement for six. song a silk song in 2019 and as far as it being one of the most successful independent games ever that is the label you should give this franchise as it is definitely deserved and earned that so anyways the reason why people enjoy this is because essentially when you're looking at the combat

the progression abilities the charms a lot of people are enjoying the 2d metrovania plus the so's like element because of course you're using the nail which is a a sword like melee and four different directions is a soul meter as far as focusing on casting spells with vengeful or a spirit and then you have your advance as far as the nail arts which is cyclone clash or no cyclone slash and pogo attack and then the progression abilities you can unlock new areas um the abilities unlock new areas like moth wing cloak dash manseus claw wall jump monarch wings double jump and then the crystal heart super dash so safe to say there's a lot of um um mobility in this video game and as you can see right now analytic

dreams video on spotify we're currently playing uh gaming boats uh 15 things you need to know so they basically showing a lot of the different gameplay as far as silk song so you can see it for yourself on analytic dreams video on spotify but anyways with that being said the world is linear exploration 150 plus enemies and 47 goodness 47 base bosses plus DOC and we're not talking about silk song I'm just talking about the original franchise and then we're going to get into silk song so as far as the DOC's included we have the hidden dreams DOC the grim troop lifeblood God master and then added bosses like nightmare king grim and then quest like Godseeker no, no, nightmare, king grim, and then quest,

God's sequel mode, and then charms. So a lot of people are going to be thinking, well, how long is this game going to take me to be? Because whenever you hear Souls Like, you just know that they're about to push you through, you know what. Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? I know everybody is talking about how Soulslike is happening every other week,

but I feel like that's not true because as far as very, very solid souls like games there's not many that comes around because there's a lot of attention to detail that you need for these particular games and a lot of developers think that you could just make elding ring in a year right a lot of developers be like oh what's so hard just make the boss more difficult like no my brother that's just not how it goes you guys see that's the problem so anyways as far as the main story it will take you a whopping 25 hours to complete that's if you skip all the side content right the story the main story plus side content will take you around 35 to 55 hours and then of course when it comes to a hundred percent completion it will take you

at least 50 plus hours so when it comes to a lot of people being completion is and wanted to have every single achievement in this game i do believe that at the end of the day you have to keep in mind that it's all based on your skill level no matter how good or bad you think you are at a game you should lessen or add time depending on that because if you're bad at a game it may take you a little longer than the average 25 hours to just run through the game but if you're really good at it then i would assume that the average play time is probably around the amount of time you're going to spend on it because everybody knows whenever you get stuck on a boss that individual boss fight is uh basically dependent on your skill level as far as how much

much time is going to take you so every single soul's light game can have different run times for different skill levels but you already know that so anyways as far as um silk song getting back in this silk song while a lot of people are clamoring for this specific addition to the game and uh let alone it being one of the most anticipated sequels it's also we already talked about the delays right i even talked about it being initially announced in 2019 and then here we are in the big 2025 so with that be it said um september 4th is when it comes out is a day one a day one on the xbox game pass i keep telling you all when it comes to the xbox game pass is one of the most lucrative and cost effective ways to be a gamer in today's economy Xbox game pass and this is

not even like no promo anything i'm just trying to save you all some dollars you know what i mean when it comes to revenue if you just want to spend it on multiple games safe to say the Xbox game pass is the best route as far as playing a lot of games for way less than the price than if you would have paid for those individual games as far as the full $70. So anyways, actually let me see Xbox game pass 2025 prices. This is just looks just look this up right now, right? Because sometimes I get the I give an estimate but I forget that exact price. So the game Pass core is $10 a month. GamePas Ultimate, which is full access on console and PC, day one releases online multiplayer, etc., right? EA Play, Cloud Gaming, that's 1999 a month. And then PC GamePass, which is PC Library Access plus EA play, is $11.99.

So when you look at that and you think of a particular game and how much it would charge you for one AAA video game, game as far as $70 the game has is there's not even words I could use to describe how much bang for your buck you are getting as far as a 19 and max 1999 month subscription so so $19.99 a dollar a month subscription so y'all get the point right so with that being said um that is silk song that's hollow that's my hollow night deep dive so when the silk song comes out just a expected to blow up on the charts because a lot of people really I've been waiting for this game for a minute and safe to say that team cherry even though they delay the game the game as you can see right now the game is looking solid and ultimately it probably would keep hollow night fans and captivated for some years to come so that'd be said click my link to my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about hollow night silk song what do you think about the franchise as a whole and if you're a huge hollow night fan will you be playing silk song when it comes out September 4 worth.