Palworld: A Sensational Success for Japanese Independent Developer
In a remarkable turn of events, Japanese developer Pocketpair is celebrating the astounding success of Palworld, which has sold over seven million copies in just five days since its early access release. This open-world survival game, based on the mechanics of monster collecting, sold a million copies on its first day, followed by two million on the second day. The number of copies sold skyrocketed to three million within a 40-hour period, and then rose to five million in three days and six million in four days. What makes this achievement even more impressive is that these figures only account for sales on the Steam platform, with no consideration given to Microsoft Store sales for PC/Xbox or the number of players using Game Pass.
According to industry expert BenjiSales’ analysis, Palworld has even outperformed Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which sold 6.5 million copies in its first week. It’s worth noting, however, that Pokémon was sold at full price, whereas Palworld is currently priced at just 26 euros, making it more accessible to gamers.
On the Steam platform, Palworld has even managed to push Valve’s Counter-Strike 2 down from the second spot on the list of games with the highest concurrent player counts. Palworld recorded 1.86 million concurrent players as of eighteen hours ago. Of course, it still has a long way to go to match the record-breaking numbers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which had 3.25 million concurrent players, but the game’s potential to surprise should not be underestimated.
Meanwhile, it comes as no surprise that Nintendo has already responded to the appearance of Pokémon-related mods in Palworld. Some fans have noticed similarities in monster designs that border on plagiarism, but Nintendo would not have an easy case in court. It remains to be seen whether their notoriously stubborn lawyers will indeed attempt to block this independent success or not.
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