Okay, they could have said literally anything though y'know? Like I'm not gonna give them too much shit cause yeah wow it's real and about to be out and probably gonna be amazing but they could have avoided a loooooot by just posting a single screenshot and a "we're alive" every so often.
That's because by not telling anyone it got a lot more attention, everyone has been mentioning Silksong each year precisely because nothing was said and thus a myth was born, a legend. And really, what did they avoid anyway? Oh some people are grumbling, their reputation is still untarnished though
At risk of sounding too harsh, I think that's either extreme naivety or extreme willful ignorance and cope either way. Silksong would have generated insane regardless and people are hype again now but they absolutely took a hit to their reputation.
Which is why less people will buy the game right? Silksong? And people definitely won't trust their future games too huh? How dare they, not buying TC games ever again cause they *Checks notes*: didn't tell you they were still developing the game
Alright, well enjoy your run with those goalposts.
You're saying they could have avoided so much if they just said something, I'm simply asking what exactly have they avoided if everyone is going to buy the game anyway and future games too. People are annoyed now, they'll forget, maybe they won't, what consequences will Team Cherry face though?