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Palworld game has driven more than 19 million players crazy
Studio Pocket Pair recently confirmed that there is currently more roaming their worlds. than 19 million players on PC and Xbox consoles. At one point, the game was played simultaneously by several than 2 million players - and this is data for the Steam platform only. By comparison, one of the best games of all time, Baldur's Gate 3, had 875,000 concurrent players on Steam at its peak.
Where did this feature come from? The Palworld game was called "Pokemon with guns" by the fans, we also played it intensively in the editorial office, and we agree with the statement, although there are other elements in the foreground (the fight for survival, building bases †;¦). The idea of Pokemon in a more "adult" setting has been something that has been on the minds of fans for years, but Nintendo has never deviated from its established formula. It's a good thing that other studios don't have the same reservations.
The Palworld game was released on January 19 in the early access version, and since then it has only been on the upswing. It is also available in the Xbox Game Pass subscription, which is certainly one of the reasons for the high number of players.
The studio recently released a report on social networks thanking all the fans for their incredible success. They revealed that they sold approximately 12 million copies on the Steam platform and an additional 7 million on the Xbox console, for a total of 19 million. The Xbox Game Pass subscription is also breaking records, having recently become the largest third-party release in the history of the service.
In their thanks, the developers pledged to keep up a similar pace and focus on new content and fixing existing bugs. The Xbox version of the game has slightly more problem as #141 version for desktop computers. They recently released a patch that fixes some nagging bugs and reliability issues, but players are still reporting some issues.
On the one hand, Palworld is also a victim of its own success. Even in their wildest dreams, the developers did not imagine such a response, so this rush of players certainly surprised them. So far, the problems with accessing the servers have been fairly mild, which is good news.
They also revealed what awaits us all in the near future. They will add combat between human players (PVP), introduce new raid bosses, implement migration between servers, improve base building methods, add new islands, beasts and technologies. Obviously, there will be no shortage of content, even though the world is quite barren and empty at the moment. There are plenty of menageries (Pals), also dungeons, where unique bosses and treasures are hidden, can be found on every other corner, but these are very monotonous and repetitive.
The concept is undeniably fun, but at this point moreÄ Ä time is spent building personalized bases, rather than just hunting beasts.
The success also brings criticism and attention from Nintendo, which has so far only commented on the comparison with their Pokemon brand by saying that they are "investigating the case", but there have been no legal actions yet. An additional Pokemon “mod” has surfaced that introduces some monsters to the game that are unmistakably similar to Japanese creations, and in this case, Nintendo acted immediately.
Have you tried the game? What do you like the most? What could be improved?
