Palworld passes Starfield's highest player count, multiplayer connectivity fixes
Palworld passes Starfield's highest player count, multiplayer connectivity fixes
Palworld is already so big that the servers from Epic Games can't take it, but Pocketpair is already rolling out a massive fix for it.
Highlights:
In the 24 hours since the early access game came out it already eclipsed Starfield’s highest concurrent Steam player count
“We had an emergency meeting with the Epic Games team and had them add an update to the Epic Games backend at short notice. We have confirmed that this has resolved the connectivity errors and issues when hosting co-op games on Xbox and PC.”
Nintendo will be like "I wish someone had told us that a 3d multiplayer open world Pokemon game would be something fans would want!"
I was thinking just last month that it would be nice if there was some Pokémon game that let you farm and do everyday stuff with them. Then comes Palworld and it's not just Pokémon with guns but you can manage a whole base of creatures doing stuff for you.
As a pokemon fan, I'm surprised I didn't hear about Palworld until literally yesterday.
Not really a fair comparison as Starfield was put together quickly by a little no name indy studio.
If I was this development team I would be popping bottles all weekend long for being this successful. In the 30+ years of gaming I have never seen a game so unknown, basically become one of the most successful games of all time in 24 hours like this. I feel like this was the equivalent of hitting the lottery for them.
Baldur's Gate 3: A game that devs put years of blood, sweat, and tears into. Community feedback driven, and one of the most successful RPGs of recent memory based on a grassroots marketing campaign and intense nostalgia and goodwill based on the franchise.
Palworld: Fuck all that. Some youtuber mentioned it. Biggest game of all time in less than 24 hours.
Flavor of the Week vs something that will remain a classic for decades.
So? Why does it offend you all so much? If people like it, that's good surely? Why be offended because other people like something? You still have Bg3, if that's your bag.
And the content of the game is a hodgepodge of other games. And the developer abandoned other games.
Why are we still struggling so hard to keep starfield relevant?