Months before launch, Palworld’s community manager thought that anything above 50,000 players ‘seemed unobtainable’
“I certainly never expected it to reach into the millions”
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Almost a month afterPalworld’s successful early-access launch, Pocketpair community manager ‘Bucky’ has been reflecting on his expectations for the game prior to its launch, and revealed that in May last year, reaching anything above 50,000 players seemed impossible.
In case you were unfamiliar, the survival-crafting game launched in early access on PC,Xbox Series X|S andXbox One(and onXbox Game Pass) on January 19, and as of January 31, it hadreached a total of 19 million playersacross all platforms. Its concurrent player figures have been enormous, too - onSteam, it previously hit a whopping 2,101,867 concurrent players. This surpassedCounter-Strike 2’s record, and gavePalworldSteam’ssecond-highest concurrent player record(afterPUBG’s monumental peak of 3,257,248 concurrent players).
Needless to say, months before launch, this wasn’t something that Bucky had anticipated. In anew poston Twitter / X, he wrote: “In May of 2023, I was convinced thatPalworldcould break the 50,000 player mark. Anything above that seemed unobtainable though, and I certainly never expected it to reach into the millions.
“It has taken years to get to this point, andPalworldonly really begins from here,” he continued. “Everyone is working hard to fix the issues and prepare new content and Pals.”
Palworldhas already received a number of updates ironing out bugs and issues.Last week, one was rolled outwhich, among other things, fixed save data that had been corrupted by catching too many Pals in a guild (multiplayer group). However, much bigger changes are on the way - thegame’s early-access roadmapwas revealed last month, and it unveiled plans to add PvP, raid bosses and more. However, it’s not clear when these things will be implemented.
If you’ve just started out in Palworld and are looking for some tips to get started, be sure to check out our guides to findingPalworld Sulfur,Pal Fluids,Coal,Oreand more.
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