Palworld - Regarding the Future of Palworld - Steam News
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TL;DR - We are not changing our game's business model, it will remain buy-to-play and not f2p or GaaS. Recently, an article was published in which we discussed the possible future direction of Palworld and ideas for continuing the game for a long time. In fact, this interview was conducted several months ago. At that time, we were still considering the best way forward for Palworld to create a long-lasting game that continues to grow.
  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.caEnglish
    263·
    2 months ago

    While it’s great they’re not going to somehow make it a subscription based game, I’m confused by something else now:

    We are still considering skins and DLC for Palworld in future as a means to support development

    Didn’t this small team just make tens of millions of dollars in sales? An amount the CEO said was “too big for a studio with our size to handle.” Why do they need more money to continue development?

    • Dettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      601·
      2 months ago

      They rapidly expanded their team to quickly fix issues present with the early access release version of the game. They’re still working towards 1.0, so the talks of DLC expansions will likely be for content after release. Development of new content takes a lot of time, so it’s smart to plan for the future before it becomes a problem.

    • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      2 months ago

      If No Man’s Sky is any indication, they don’t really need more money, they just want it

        • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          That’s what I’m saying. They made bank on release and have been putting out content without any dlc or microtransactions

  • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
    312·
    2 months ago

    Apparently eleventy-bajillion dollars wasn’t enough.

  • nieceandtows@lemmy.worldEnglish
    716·
    2 months ago

    Has this game changed since launch? Is it still a pokemon knockoff, or has it become more than that?

    • Makeshift@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      If you’ve played it before, it has the same feel imo.

      There’s new lands, more QoL, new pals. Nothing drastic I’ve noticed from its release state.

      Think Minecraft and then Minecraft after like 3-4 updates.

    • SolOrion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      121·
      2 months ago

      I don’t really think it’s ever been a Pokemon knockoff in anything but the monster designs. And they’re not going to change all of those, so… it’s just as a much a Pokemon knockoff as it’s always been.