Pocketpair aren’t “trying to turn Palworld into this big, big, big, big, big, big thing”

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    6 days ago

    So in short, according to their head of publishing ans communications, Pocketpair is pushing spin offs because there’s player demand in the market.

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      I mean they aren‘t totally wrong but farming games are the most low hanging fruit for high demand and low supply for traditional video games. They will only expand into genres with lesser potential after that.

      I‘ll wait until the release update of Palworld to make a final judgement, but right now I think they shouldn‘t diversify their game catalog too much and focus on their core game. They won‘t be able to catch lighting in the bottle twice.

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    6 days ago

    I wonder how all the “Lawsuit incoming” doomsayers feel now? They were so sure too, almost smug about it. In the end it was a massive gamble but it seems to have paid off hugely for them no?

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      6 days ago

      Are you talking about lawsuits outside of the half dozen Nintendo patent ones? Because those seem to be ongoing.

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        6 days ago

        Pocket Pal and Nintendo had to make some concessions because of it already. The Pokemon brand was probably hurt more than Palworld at this point so I doubt big N will pursue this any further. Especially since they blatantly copied Palworld mechanics for Pokopia with a Pokemon open world game that will likely copy even more on the way. They can‘t win this.