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On the one hand I don't believe Team Cherry owes anyone to announce their game early. They took the time and waited until the game was 100% ready and after 7 years they weren't going to make their fans wait for ages after an official announcement. They did good by fans and what they did was legit great.

But I do sort of get why indie devs will be frustrated. Team Cherry is already established hy Hollow Knight and they are already set. They know this game is gonna sell another 10+ Million copies unless it's absolutely awful. For a lot of these indie games they don't have this leeway, and now any game for the next 3 months is going to be battling for news coverage and play hours with easily the most anticipated indie game of i would argue all time for the next 3-4 months.

Unfortunately that's the business. Same thing happens in literally every entertainment media, just have to adjust and hope the date change is worth it. Better to move than have a Horizon situation.