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Palworld Has Huge Weekend, Sells 5 Million and Overtakes Cyberpunk 2077 in Steam’s Most-Played Games List
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 61890" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/palworld" target="_blank">Palworld</a>’s astonishing success swelled over the weekend, with the ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival and crafting game shooting up Steam’s most-played games list and selling millions more copies.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Palworld launched on January 19 in early access form on Steam as well as on Xbox and Windows PC, day-and-date with Game Pass. Palworld overtook CD Projekt’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/cyberpunk-2077" target="_blank">Cyberpunk 2077</a> to set Steam’s fifth highest peak concurrent player count with 1,291,967 online at the same time on Valve’s platform. Palworld is currently the most-played game on Steam, ahead of behemoths Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG. It is just the sixth game ever to hit one million concurrents on Steam.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of Steam records that go along with this success on Steam. Palworld is now the most-played Japanese-developed game ever on Steam (its developer, PocketPair, is based in Tokyo), ahead of previous record holder, <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring" target="_blank">Elden Ring</a>. And Palworld is the second most-played paid game ever on Steam, behind PUBG’s perhaps insurmountable peak concurrent figure of 3,257,248, which was set before the battle royale went free-to-play.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://twitter.com/Palworld_EN/status/1749360035938070627" target="_blank">Pocketpair said</a> Palworld had sold over five million in about three days, with 86,000 copies selling per hour. For context, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/marvels-spider-man-is-the-fastest-selling-playstation-exclusive-of-all-time" target="_blank">Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man sold 3.3 million copies in its first three days on sale</a>, Sony Santa Monica Studio’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/03/sony-says-god-of-war-is-fastest-selling-ps4-exclusive" target="_blank">God of War sold 3.1 million in three days</a>, and Naughty Dog’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-part-2-is-the-fastest-selling-ps4-exclusive-ever" target="_blank">The Last of Us 2 sold 4 million</a> in the same time period. Palworld, then, has sold faster than the fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusive ever in a three-day sales window.</p><p></p><p>While Palworld is a clear smash hit, it is not without controversy. Last week IGN reported on how <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-fans-are-coming-for-palworld-with-a-vengeance" target="_blank">some Pokémon fans were taking to social media to point out striking similarities between Palworld’s Pals and the Pokémon themselves</a>. Elsewhere, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-on-xbox-doesnt-have-dedicated-servers-limiting-co-op-to-2-4-players-while-steam-gets-up-to-32-players" target="_blank">the Xbox version continues to lag behind the Steam version in terms of key features and updates</a>. Palworld’s enormous launch has seen its servers struggle, too.</p><p></p><p>Check out IGN’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-early-access-review" target="_blank">Palworld Early Access Review in Progress</a> to find out what we thought.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-has-huge-weekend-sells-5-million-and-overtakes-cyberpunk-2077-in-steams-most-played-games-list" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 61890, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/palworld']Palworld[/URL]’s astonishing success swelled over the weekend, with the ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival and crafting game shooting up Steam’s most-played games list and selling millions more copies. Palworld launched on January 19 in early access form on Steam as well as on Xbox and Windows PC, day-and-date with Game Pass. Palworld overtook CD Projekt’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/cyberpunk-2077']Cyberpunk 2077[/URL] to set Steam’s fifth highest peak concurrent player count with 1,291,967 online at the same time on Valve’s platform. Palworld is currently the most-played game on Steam, ahead of behemoths Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG. It is just the sixth game ever to hit one million concurrents on Steam. There are a number of Steam records that go along with this success on Steam. Palworld is now the most-played Japanese-developed game ever on Steam (its developer, PocketPair, is based in Tokyo), ahead of previous record holder, [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring']Elden Ring[/URL]. And Palworld is the second most-played paid game ever on Steam, behind PUBG’s perhaps insurmountable peak concurrent figure of 3,257,248, which was set before the battle royale went free-to-play. Meanwhile, [URL='https://twitter.com/Palworld_EN/status/1749360035938070627']Pocketpair said[/URL] Palworld had sold over five million in about three days, with 86,000 copies selling per hour. For context, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/20/marvels-spider-man-is-the-fastest-selling-playstation-exclusive-of-all-time']Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man sold 3.3 million copies in its first three days on sale[/URL], Sony Santa Monica Studio’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/03/sony-says-god-of-war-is-fastest-selling-ps4-exclusive']God of War sold 3.1 million in three days[/URL], and Naughty Dog’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-part-2-is-the-fastest-selling-ps4-exclusive-ever']The Last of Us 2 sold 4 million[/URL] in the same time period. Palworld, then, has sold faster than the fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusive ever in a three-day sales window. While Palworld is a clear smash hit, it is not without controversy. Last week IGN reported on how [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-fans-are-coming-for-palworld-with-a-vengeance']some Pokémon fans were taking to social media to point out striking similarities between Palworld’s Pals and the Pokémon themselves[/URL]. Elsewhere, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-on-xbox-doesnt-have-dedicated-servers-limiting-co-op-to-2-4-players-while-steam-gets-up-to-32-players']the Xbox version continues to lag behind the Steam version in terms of key features and updates[/URL]. Palworld’s enormous launch has seen its servers struggle, too. Check out IGN’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-early-access-review']Palworld Early Access Review in Progress[/URL] to find out what we thought. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/palworld-has-huge-weekend-sells-5-million-and-overtakes-cyberpunk-2077-in-steams-most-played-games-list"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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