Palworld has brought together more than 7 million players on Xbox since its launch on January 19. This record launch for a Game Pass title from a partner encourages Microsoft to support the development of the game.
On January 19, the world discovered Palworld. Since then, it has been a surprise success. Almost every day, the game’s X account (formerly Twitter) comes alive with the publication of more and more impressive figures. In a press release published on January 31, Microsoft confirmed the incredible performance of “Pokémon with weapons” by announcing that 7 million players have discovered the game within the Xbox ecosystem. Thanks to Xbox Game Pass.
Which makes the Redmond firm say that Palworld East ” the biggest Game Pass launch for a partner game » since the beginning of the service. In terms of traffic, this is felt, with “ a peak of nearly 3 million daily active users on Xbox “. On Steam, the game has amassed up to 2.1 million fans — the second highest total on the platform (behind PUBG, which exceeded 3 million). In short, Palworld is a real phenomenon, so much so that Microsoft now wants to support it in its development.
Microsoft will help develop Palworld
Because if Palworld is indeed playable, it is only offered in early access. This status means several things, starting with the fact that the current experience absolutely does not represent the definitive version. Over the next few months, Palworld will therefore receive a host of updates to enrich its content and, of course, correct its bugs. On this subject, Pocketpair has already established a roadmap, with the new features to expect.
Can we believe the promises of a studio whose previous big game has been in early access for several years? Doubts are allowed. But Microsoft’s support suggests that Palworld will not suffer the same fate as Craftopiadespite legal threats hovering over him, linked to strong similarities with the saga Pokémon.
Concretely, Microsoft will provide :
- Dedicated servers;
- Engineering resources to help with GPU and memory optimization;
- Accelerated processes for deploying updates;
- Tools to optimize the game.
The multinational does not intend to miss out on such a phenomenon, and we understand that. “ The biggest launch of Game Pass » deserves to be pampered to continue to grow in the best conditions. We would have thought that Palworld would end up quickly going pschitt after a big boom. But now the seeds of a game set to last are planted.
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