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In the 24 hours since the early access game came out it already eclipsed Starfield’s highest concurrent Steam player count

“We had an emergency meeting with the Epic Games team and had them add an update to the Epic Games backend at short notice. We have confirmed that this has resolved the connectivity errors and issues when hosting co-op games on Xbox and PC.”

  • @[email protected]
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    595 months ago

    Nintendo will be like “I wish someone had told us that a 3d multiplayer open world Pokemon game would be something fans would want!”

    • @TwilightVulpine
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      145 months ago

      I was thinking just last month that it would be nice if there was some Pokémon game that let you farm and do everyday stuff with them. Then comes Palworld and it’s not just Pokémon with guns but you can manage a whole base of creatures doing stuff for you.

    • @[email protected]
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      135 months ago

      As a pokemon fan, I’m surprised I didn’t hear about Palworld until literally yesterday.

    • Pope-King Joe
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      85 months ago

      Fans: “We’ve been telling you this for two decades now!”

      Alternatively

      Nintendo: “Send the C&Ds. Sic the lawyers on them! We’ll show these guys not to do Pokemon better than us!”

      • @Chocrates
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        115 months ago

        Does game freak or whoever owns Pokemon have any claim on this? The game doesn’t infringe from what I have seen.

        • @[email protected]
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          95 months ago

          Dragon Quest 5 had a similar mechanic in 92, so GaneFreak/Creatures inc/Nintendo will never be able to have a copyright over the concept.

        • Pope-King Joe
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          65 months ago

          I doubt it. They don’t own the concept of monster collection and fighting and such, and I’d say the designs are distinct enough. Not to mention all the other mechanics the game features.

  • @EdibleFriend
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    545 months ago

    Not really a fair comparison as Starfield was put together quickly by a little no name indy studio.

  • @HeyJoe
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    375 months ago

    If I was this development team I would be popping bottles all weekend long for being this successful. In the 30+ years of gaming I have never seen a game so unknown, basically become one of the most successful games of all time in 24 hours like this. I feel like this was the equivalent of hitting the lottery for them.

    • @MIDItheKID
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      235 months ago

      Minecraft went from obscurity to widly popular pretty quickly, but probably not this fast. I remember reading about how Notch (also fuck that guy) woke up one day to his bank account frozen because millions of people bought the $10 licenses.

      • citrusface
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        165 months ago

        This is way faster than MC.

        MC snowballed. This exploded.

        • @TwilightVulpine
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          15 months ago

          Yeah, it took years for Minecraft to truly become the massive success that it is today. This one seemed like just a meme from the trailers and then suddenly everyone is playing.

  • @[email protected]
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    165 months ago

    Baldur’s Gate 3: A game that devs put years of blood, sweat, and tears into. Community feedback driven, and one of the most successful RPGs of recent memory based on a grassroots marketing campaign and intense nostalgia and goodwill based on the franchise.

    Palworld: Fuck all that. Some youtuber mentioned it. Biggest game of all time in less than 24 hours.

    • @kaffiene
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      95 months ago

      So? Why does it offend you all so much? If people like it, that’s good surely? Why be offended because other people like something? You still have Bg3, if that’s your bag.

    • @ChillPenguin
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      15 months ago

      And the content of the game is a hodgepodge of other games. And the developer abandoned other games.

    • @Caesium
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      145 months ago

      it’s very fun if you’re into creature collectors and survival games. since pokemon dominates the former market despite having falling off in quality, palword is doing a lot for us who desire more from the genre

        • @Dublin112
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          35 months ago

          To each their own but I respect your opinion.