Why don't the mods create an additional subcattegory called "console runs" or something that would let you choose the device that the run is played on for console players to not have disadvantage in their speedrun?

Actually I believe playing on console makes it easier. For me at least, but this is a good idea, they definitely should do this.

Unless I'm misunderstanding, playing on console does NOT make the game easier to run whatsoever, due to a worse timer, no savestates or other mods, and lower framerates. However, if I am correct this will be a thing in the future but the src mods just have to handle things before doing this. There will also be category extensions for console leaderboards as well according to Slaurent so it's just a matter of patience. For now it's fine to just compete against LRT, just make sure you don't use autostart save.

Huh. I guess I’m different then because I find it easier to play games on console than on PC. Must just be me then.

There will also be category extensions for console leaderboards as well according to Slaurent

I never said that, nor can I really influence that decision

I mean for me it is the same, i prefer consoles but if you look at leaderboard the best console run is 88th for ps5 and i don't remember for switch but i think it's not even sub 1 hour, and in the first hollow knight game there is a subcattegory called "console runs" so i think this would be a nice addition to silksong leaderboards.

Heya, console runs are under consideration, however for now with the many patches being shipped we cannot ensure a stable platform for console runs. Since downpatching is nowhere near as accessible on console, there is a strong possibility for world records set on Console leaderboards to be made unbeatable by later updates.

In addition, thanks to the wide variety of consoles where Silksong is available, we would need to find a suitably fair classification for the differing load times between platforms.

For these reasons, and the generally lower interest in console competition, we are delaying console-specific boards until we can be more confident in the stability of the console runs based on game updates.

I also feel that we should wait on creating a separate leaderboard till either

1. Team cherry patches the game differently for console and creates console/pc exclusive skips (this is the least likely to happen

2. Someone finds tech that is only possible on console/pc (also really unlikely to happen)

3.A huge wave of console players join the community and it just overwhelms the leaderboards with how many runs are being sent (This one is pretty likely but depends on the src mods)

Oh, I understand now thanks for explanation

The consoles are wildly different in terms of load times, frame rates, etc.

For now I think it’s sufficient to just filter by the console in question to see what that community is up to.