A little less than a month ago, Palworld took the world by storm. A game from the Japanese studio Pocket Pair, unofficially named “Pokemon with weapons” – something that was not done Not even a bit of grace from The Pokémon Company—, stole the spotlight from fans and the video game industry. However, Their numbers are no longer as spectacular as they were at the beginning and many began to wonder if the hype surrounding this title was over.
Developers from Palworld didn’t lean towards the comments and came out to comment on some of those statements. And while they acknowledged that the number of players has dropped recently, they didn’t attribute it to their product being a fad. On the contrary, they described it as part of a logical process after the premiere, which exceeded all expectations, both internal and external.
Bucky, the Community Manager of Pocket Pair, offered a very interesting read of what is going on with Palworld these days. The aforementioned emphasized that the studio’s mid-2023 aspirations were very, very modest. The goal was to reach 50,000 players. “Anything above that seemed out of reach and I certainly never expected us to reach the millions,” posted on X (Twitter).
He also assured that developers are working hard to launch new content – including new Pals – and fix bugs in the game. And he didn’t miss the opportunity to criticize those who pointed out Palworld lost player interest.
“This Emerging Discourse”Palworld lost You don’t have to feel bad about it. Palworld, like many games before it, isn’t in a position to release a large amount of new content every week. There will be new content and it will be amazing, but these things take a while.”
Bucky, CM de Pocket Pair.
Numbers Palworld
In the first few weeks that it was available, Palworld was a record holder. For example, the PC version became the second game the most concurrent in Steam history, with more than 2.1 million simultaneous players. This allowed her to leave behind titles of much greater renown and experience, such as Counter-Strike 2and remain only under the established brand PUBG: Battlegrounds.
Added to that, it stayed above 1 million users on the Valve service for several days. And it also took the top spot in sales, surpassing 12 million copies sold by the end of January. While on Xbox, its performance was also phenomenal. In just a few weeks, it reached 7 million players on the Microsoft platform, with a peak of 3 million daily active users, and became a third-party launch. the most successful in Game Pass history.
Have the numbers gone down? Palworld since? Yes and considerably. The most consistent record of this issue is the Steam record. At the time of writing, Pocket Pair has about 500,000 concurrent users, while its peak in the last 24 hours was just under 513,000. It also dropped to sixth place in sales.
If we observe statistics in SteamDB, the drop in the number of simultaneous players was very striking. Specifically, from February 5. And so, Palworld is still in the top 3 of the most played titles, which is updated in real-time. Therefore, although his numbers are no longer as brutal as they were weeks ago, he is far from a flop.
We must add that their rating on the platform continues to be excellent. From over 248,000 reviews from Steam users, 93.1% are positive. This shows that the drop in the number of players is not due to dissatisfaction with the game, but certainly to a lack of new content. Something Pocket Pair promises to fix soon.
“If you’re still playing Palworld, we love you. If you don’t play anymore Palworld, we love you all the same and hope you’ll come back for round two when you’re ready. Play lots of games, try different genres, and frequent indie libraries to find hidden gems,” says Pocket Pair.
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