Hollow Knight: Silksong was finally released after seven years of waiting, and it seemed to immediately divide its audience. Significantly more difficult than its predecessor, discourse developed around whether the game is too punishing or if the challenge is what makes it so great. The first example that Yoshida offers is Silksong, and he praises the game for pulling him back in, even though he wants to give up. "I'm playing Hollow Knight: Silksong right now," Yoshida says. "It's difficult, I keep thinking 'I need to quit, I'm spending so much time on it', but I find myself picking it up again the next day." Fans say Team Cherry was wrong and Silksong is actually "noticeably harder" than Hollow Knight, with movement and bosses pummeling you from the Metroidvania's first hour Silksong voice actor behind Shakra says Team Cherry would give the same advice players shared: if something feels really hard, "maybe that's a sign" you should explore more Dread it, run from it, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets hit by the difficulty discourse as players can't decide if they should "git gud" or acknowledge "legitimate issues" Team Cherry has with the Metroidvania Silksong isn't the only game that Yoshida recommends. He also suggests Hades 2, saying that he transferred his early access progress from Steam to the Switch 2 version. The final game he recommends is Moji Yuugi, a Chinese game that plays with kanji to build its world. However, it isn't any of these indies that Yoshida thinks is the game of the year. "For the entire year, I've been saying 'Baby Steps will be game of the year,'" says Yoshida. It appears that over his years in the gaming industry, he's become a glutton for punishment. Former PlayStation boss says that the indie scene is developing "creative uses for AI" and that it "can only take shape so quickly" thanks to their effort