
In January, the "Pokemon with guns" game Palworld blew up the internet. Thanks partly to its availability via Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview, the game attracted some 25 million players. Developer Pocketpair says that plans to bring the game to other platforms continue apace, and discussions with unnamed platform holders are underway, likely including PlayStation.
Speaking to Bloomberg (thanks, VGC), Pocketpair CEO and game director Takuro Mizobe said that the company is open to a partnership or acquisition but that "we are and will remain a small studio; I want to make multiple small games. Big-budget triple-A games are not for us."
Palworld was reportedly developed for less than 1 billion yen ($6.7 million), bringing back tens of billions of yen in profit. Since Palworld's release, a slew of high-profile games have launched, including Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the surprise hit Helldivers 2, which have indeed served to suck some of the oxygen out of the room. Still, Pocketpair has something special in its hands, and we hope to learn more about its plans in the not-too-distant future.
Would you be excited to play Palworld on PlayStation platforms? If so, do you see such a port arriving in 2024? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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These other platforms are definitely Ps4 and Ps5 as Nintendo won't allow this on there console and there are no other platforms.
Played this on Gamepass and i… don’t get the appeal. I dunno. It has nice enough visuals for an early access title, but survival games all sort of feel the same to me in action. I’ve definitely heard people say, “Finally a game that takes Pokemon where it needs to go,” and I’ve got a hard disagree on that. Survival games can be fun in short spurts, but man do they demand a lot of time… and the time gets monotonous.
Feels a bit like a fad that has passed.
And then Helldivers 2 came out and grabbed all the limelight.
@Futureshark that's what happens when new games come out
Helldivers killed this game
@Futureshark that's fads for you, and both Palworld and Helldivers 2 got lucky they both released in a drought of good games but no doubt something will come and replace HD2 at some point as that's how these flash fads work
It’s decent enough for £25 but in all honesty currently it’s a bit shallow in its mechanics.
Does anyone know why Sony doesn’t allow early access games on PS? They could have made a fortune off Palworld and while it is a bit of an anomaly with regards to the high sales there have still been some really fun early access games on Xbox in the last few years like Slime Rancher 2 and Wandering village. By the time these games get full releases and arrive on PS the hype has died down and people have played them elsewhere.
There’s something deeply frustrating about Pokemon ROM hacks being treated like dirt by Nintendo and this getting away Scot-free.
I might try it if there is a demo, but it's really not my kind of game. Hopefully it comes to PlayStation though.
@nessisonett this doesn’t infringe on anything, though. It’s definitely a parody in many ways, but afaik Nintendo has no reason to take action against this
@burgerkingsauce Was it not said that they trained an AI model on official Pokémon designs? I thought that was common knowledge but it might just have been rumour.
This doesn't have much to do with Pokemon. This is basically a very dumbed down version of Ark. It's still fun but this is more Ark and less Pokemon.
@nessisonett looked it up and it seems to just be a rumour. Could see how people would believe it given the character designs, but man misinformation is rampant these days
Only reason why it’s not on PS at the moment is because it’s in early access and PS doesn’t really do early access games.
Path of titans is the only exception as that’s been on PS since early access started.
Definitely looks interesting, would definitely play it on PS if it does go onto PlayStation but won’t be till early access finishes
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