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Palworld isn’t slowing down, hits 19 million players across Steam and Xbox (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Katharine's review today steps back from that flash-in-the-pan take (and it wasn't a good one).

No doubt there's some empty calories here, though.

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Idk I guess I still didn’t get the vibe it was anywhere as special as the hype train is treating it. It honestly feels weirdly artificial for a hype train too.

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

You're getting downvoted, but I think there's something to this, even if it's not the whole story. The game had a robust presence unnaturally quickly on Tiktok and among streamers. This studio isn't big enough to have engineered a big campaign, but it's quite possible they did some small, targeted marketing and it really paid off.

[-] wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

I've been seeing people mention "the game has been in development for 2 years" and all these trailers and stuff but... I didn't hear a thing until the game released, it exploded and now it's all I'm seeing.