And imho opinion a lot of people should downgrade or cancel based on the price updates today. The price increases are major enough that it will happen.

On the other side of things...maybe I'll try some Fortnite stuff going forward since I'm being given all the things with ult?

So to any young person that finds this post. If you're struggling with Silksong...play other games in the genre in between. Play a Super Mario game or one of the many awesome indie platformers that exist. I really like Kunai and Iconoclasts. Also try Ori!

I've heard a lot of younger players credit Ori and Cuphead as games that made Silksong easier for them. I wonder how many of these young adults had an older sibling or relative between 28 and 33 that inspired their game choices. I just think that's neat.

Like I have seen elements of a variety of 16 bit era platformers, the Genesis Aladdin style platforms in the Citadel especially tickled me.

However unless theses adults as teens and kids played games like Ori, Little Big Planet, or Rayman Origins/Legends they really struggle.

Like ill watch clips from bosses ive beaten and ill see like "attempt 100+" or "3+ hours" on a boss. It makes me wonder if it's for the content or if because these people grew up on Fortnite and Live Service games. I feel like many in my age group don't struggle with this game.

and my video feeds have been LOADED with spoilers and DYKKKKKKK style stuff. So I'm glad I jumped in. I also felt rushed to play before bosses were getting nerfs. I find that too many people pick up a game like this just on hype alone and have no level of experience in the genre.

shout out to @xbox.com @gamepass.xbox.com for adding this otherwise idk if I would have gotten around to it!

Short version. Young blood and new company share holders are going to show that they know what they are doing better than the former majority shareholder and probably aim to bring the rest of the shareholders on their side of things to make sure Western expansion happens.

The folks at PP are also probably well educated on what could be one of Pokémon TCG biggest competitors, hololive OCG. Again these are power plays that hopefully will inadvertently bring good changes as Bushiroads other share holders will insist on their consultations down the road.

It will of course be self servicing with collectibles, an anime, and/or a card game for Palworld, but also remember that PP is being sued by Nintendo & TPC for the Poke-esque things in Palworld. They obviously want to show they aren't just some small company they can push around.

If Vanguard players don't think that the other shareholders of Bushiroad won't see that or figure that out, especially with the absolute insane Western success PP has had, then I think you need to look a bit further than a foot in front of your face. PP probably has an agenda.