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Palworld has sold over 15 million copies on Steam, 10 million players on Xbox (Biggest 3rd party Game Pass launch in history)

How much will be Palworld's LTD

  • Less than 5 million

    Votes: 29 1.8%

  • 5 million - 10 million

    Votes: 313 19.9%

  • 10 million - 15 million

    Votes: 427 27.2%

  • 15 million - 20 million

    Votes: 247 15.7%

  • 20 million - 25 million

    Votes: 136 8.7%

  • More than 25 million

    Votes: 419 26.7%
  • Total voters
    1,571
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Maple

Maple

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Oct 27, 2017
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I know most of the discussion about the Pals is in the visual design, but the names are honestly just really good. There's no other Pokemon clone or inspired game that has names that sound like they could be actual Pokemon.

Lamball, Cattiva, Grizzbolt, Penking, Chillet, etc, all really do sound like natural names for Pokemon.
 
TyraZaurus

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Nov 6, 2017
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Maple said:
I know most of the discussion about the Pals is in the visual design, but the names are honestly just really good. There's no other Pokemon clone or inspired game that has names that sound like they could be actual Pokemon.

Lamball, Cattiva, Grizzbolt, Penking, Chillet, etc, all really do sound like natural names for Pokemon.
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That's because everything from their design language to their use of Pokemon model elements is meant to draw in and remind people of Pokemon.

Say what you will about the gameplay but it's a very cynical approach rather than creating something new and unique like Digimon, Monster Rancher, Yokai Watch, and numerous others did
 
Real

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Maple said:
I know most of the discussion about the Pals is in the visual design, but the names are honestly just really good. There's no other Pokemon clone or inspired game that has names that sound like they could be actual Pokemon.

Lamball, Cattiva, Grizzbolt, Penking, Chillet, etc, all really do sound like natural names for Pokemon.
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Depresso might get a spinoff game at this point, lmao. Depresso's Big Adventure
 
svacina

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TyraZaurus said:
That's because everything from their design language to their use of Pokemon model elements is meant to draw in and remind people of Pokemon.

Say what you will about the gameplay but it's a very cynical approach rather than creating something new and unique like Digimon, Monster Rancher, Yokai Watch, and numerous others did
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Won't somebody think of the poor Game Freak devs who could have come up with these names but were maliciously stopped by Pocket Pair, using AI probably.
 
GulfCoastZilla

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TyraZaurus said:
Say what you will about the gameplay but it's a very cynical approach rather than creating something new and unique like Digimon, Monster Rancher, Yokai Watch, and numerous others did
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But those games didn't capture the audience this game is. Because the gameplay mechanics in those game were not as enjoyable.

If pokemon released on steam do you think it would be at 2 million concurrent players right now?
 
Pop-O-Matic

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The Dave said:
How's the game doing on the streaming sites, TikTok, Twitch?
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svacina

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GulfCoastZilla said:
But those games didn't capture the audience this game is. Because the gameplay mechanics in those game were not as enjoyable.

If pokemon released on steam do you think it would be at 2 million concurrent players right now?
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Is this a trick question? Well unless TPC released the OG GB Pokemon Red for €60, then maybe not. Maybe.
 
Shoichi

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Derbel McDillet said:
Remind me while y'all argue so hard against Nintendo games releasing on PC, if you think this is true.
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I dont know why you said "y'all". I would love it if Nintendo released anything like a Game Pass on PC. I'm more of a PC person than anything else. I'm not really against anything releasing on PC.

If I could get Nintendo, and Sony games on PC day and date. Saves me lot of money needing to buy all the consoles every gen to play exclusives.
 
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Zip

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Oct 28, 2017
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TooBusyLookinGud said:
Zip, you gotta post them shits along with your statement. You know this is a hottest thing on the internet right now and all eyes are on anything and everything associated with it.
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Fair enough!

It was posted in this thread as this is the only place I've read about this game, so i figured it was accepted knowledge. Guess not, or I'm misremembering, or it's been disproven since.
 
Necromanti

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Eh, I don't think dropping any old Pokémon game on Steam would automatically do gangbusters. The multiplayer aspect and the type of progression seems important for Palworld's success, too.
 
Anth0ny

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Oct 25, 2017
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This game is so jank lol

I can't build a bed on an empty plot of land but somehow it's fine if you're slightly clipping into a wall
 
asmith906

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GulfCoastZilla said:
But those games didn't capture the audience this game is. Because the gameplay mechanics in those game were not as enjoyable.

If pokemon released on steam do you think it would be at 2 million concurrent players right now?
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A PC mainline Pokemon game would do stupid numbers Scarlet and Violet sold 23 million on Switch alone
 
Daramir

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Im not sure if Pokemon on Steam would reach 2mil concurrent players. Steam users can be picky. Theres a reason why its mainly multiplayer games reaching that lonely level that not even games like single player games like BG3 could reach.
 
Scarface

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Faiyaz said:
No, it would easily be much more than that.
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Its an interesting thought for sure.

I honestly don't think so. It would really depend on how good the game is and the mechanics within it. PC folk go apeshit for indie survival games with building and crafting etc.

The biggest franchises around haven't sniffed anything close to 2 million CCU on Steam. The top 5 most played games on Steam are either F2P or indie titles that are sub $30. Pokemon is likely going to be full priced.

GTA5 is second best selling game of all time and has only had a total of 360k CCU on Steam.

It would be pretty big tho. I just dont know how much goodwill Nintendo has with PC gamers, though that may not matter. Just Pokemon being on PC would be big.
 
Mobius and Pet Octopus

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Daramir said:
Im not sure if Pokemon on Steam would reach 2mil concurrent players. Steam users can be picky. Theres a reason why its mainly multiplayer games reaching that lonely level that not even games like single player games like BG3 could reach.
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Yeah, I think that take is kind of insane. This is the second game to hit that number and we're already having people say Pokemon would've replicated that level of success. Turn based RPGs haven't been hitting these highs, afaik it is these multiplayer games like BRs, MOBAs, FPS, and Survivals.

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For SP games it looks like hogwarts is the closest at less than 900k, so not even half 2 mil.
 
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