Palworld is a feeling and there is nothing to stop it. He Pokémon with weapons rose to fame over the weekend and broke records to become one of the best-selling games of 2024. Its popularity is such that it has surpassed Counter Strike 2 in number of simultaneous players.
According to Data of SteamDB, Palworld reached 1.86 million concurrent users in 24 hours. Although the figure is far from the 3.25 million players it has PUBG:Battlegroundsthe title of Pocket Pair stole second place from Counter Strike 2. He shooter from Valve achieved the feat on May 1, 2023, when it registered 1.81 million players.
The numbers are surprising if we consider that Palworld It’s been on the market for less than a week. and was released in early access. According to its creators, the game sold 6 million copies in just 4 days. Nor the criticism and accusations of plagiarism due to the similarity to Pokemon have mattered, as people have responded with their pocketbooks and maintain 93% positive ratings on Steam.
At the time of writing the note, Palworld It is the most played game on Steam, exceeding one million simultaneous users. One point to consider is that most of the reported figures concern the version of the Valve platform. The Pocket Pair game It is also available on Xbox Series X|SXbox One and Windows through Game Pass.
Palworld It’s breaking it, whether you like it or not.
While the feat is worth celebrating, Some are not very happy with the success of Palworld. One of them is Nintendo, who began their hunt against a mod of Pokemon. The company’s lawyers are active, removing all content on social networks. Although the first affected are the youtubersit is not ruled out that the company goes after the authors of the mod.
Another who has expressed his opinion is former chief legal officer of The Pokémon Companywho rated Palworld like meaningless plagiarism. Don McGowan, legal director at the company from 2008 to 2020, mentioned in an interview that nothing that is happening surprises him.
“This seems like the typical pointless plagiarism I saw a thousand times a year when I was Pokémon’s legal director. “I’m surprised it’s come this far,” he told journalist Stephen Totilo. The curious thing is that The Pokémon Company has not issued a single statement or taken legal action.
Palworld It was announced in mid-2021 with a trailer that went viral thanks to its resemblance to the Game Freak game. Despite the accusations, Takuro Mizobe, executive director of Pocket Pair, declared at the time that The title was more similar to ARK what with Pokemon. Mizobe appreciated the positive feedback and asked detractors to refrain from sending death threats to the developers.
Those who have had the opportunity to play it will see that Palworld is far from being a Pokemon with weapons. The survival and construction component in the open world takes it away from the traditional RPG concept and brings it closer to current multiplayer games. The mechanic of capturing creatures has other functions beyond putting them into fight, as they can help you build your base or as a source of food.
Palworld it’s found available on Steam at a price of 26.09 euros or $301.49 Mexican pesos. If you are a Game Pass user, you can also download it for free on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows PC.