Palworld has been the great phenomenon of the video game industry at the beginning of 2024. The PocketPair game broke records on Steam and Xbox Game Pass, being acclaimed by the public despite accusations of plagiarism Pokémon. And although the initial furor over the title has died down, its developers continue working to expand it both in content and availability.
As revealed Takuro MizobeCEO of the Japanese studio and director of the game, in an interview with Bloomberg, They are negotiating to take away Palworld to more platforms. The company’s intention is not to settle for the resounding success achieved on Xbox and PC, and to expand the presence of this proposal.
The executive indicated that they are already in talks to finalize this strategy. Although he chose not to reveal details about what could be the next platforms to receive Palworld
The possibility that Palworld coming to PlayStation began to be considered in January. At that time, a fan asked Shuhei Yoshida, Sony’s independent games leader, that his company would make an effort to get a PS5 version of the game released as soon as possible. The executive answered
Since then, not much more has been known about it. However, Mizobe’s new comments They are once again excited that we will soon see Palworld available on the PlayStation Store.
The creators of Palworld They do not rule out an alliance or acquisition
In another part of the conversation with Bloombergthe creator of Palworld acknowledged that the studio is open to considering offers for a possible alliance or acquisition by another company. Although he clarified that they had not entered into any type of dialogue to be bought by Microsoft.
Beyond the possible interest of being absorbed by another company, the CEO of PocketPair stressed that his intention is to continue being a benchmark in the sector. indie. “We are and will remain a small studio. I want to make multiple small games. Big budget AAA games are not for us,” she emphasized.
Although it no longer records numbers like those of its first days, Palworld It remains at a high level on Steam. The title maintains daily peaks of between 100,000 and 200,000 attendees. Much less than the 2.1 million simultaneous players it achieved at the end of January, but more than interesting figures for a production of this caliber. Added to this is that it has 93% positive ratings, with more than 280,000 user reviews at the time of writing this article.
Anyway, Takuro Mizobe believes that it is impossible for PocketPair to repeat the success of Palworld in other games. However, he is convinced that the elements that have made his Pokémon with weapons They can be replicated in more proposals, with a focus removed from individual campaigns. “Games are more fun when you play with your friends. A title without multiplayer just doesn’t feel right in the era we live in,” she asserted.