• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    While it’s great they’re not going to somehow make it a subscription based game, I’m confused by something else now:

    We are still considering skins and DLC for Palworld in future as a means to support development

    Didn’t this small team just make tens of millions of dollars in sales? An amount the CEO said was “too big for a studio with our size to handle.” Why do they need more money to continue development?

    • Dettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      They rapidly expanded their team to quickly fix issues present with the early access release version of the game. They’re still working towards 1.0, so the talks of DLC expansions will likely be for content after release. Development of new content takes a lot of time, so it’s smart to plan for the future before it becomes a problem.

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      If No Man’s Sky is any indication, they don’t really need more money, they just want it

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          1 month ago

          That’s what I’m saying. They made bank on release and have been putting out content without any dlc or microtransactions

  • nieceandtows@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Has this game changed since launch? Is it still a pokemon knockoff, or has it become more than that?

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      1 month ago

      If you’ve played it before, it has the same feel imo.

      There’s new lands, more QoL, new pals. Nothing drastic I’ve noticed from its release state.

      Think Minecraft and then Minecraft after like 3-4 updates.

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      1 month ago

      I don’t really think it’s ever been a Pokemon knockoff in anything but the monster designs. And they’re not going to change all of those, so… it’s just as a much a Pokemon knockoff as it’s always been.

  • hakase@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Apparently eleventy-bajillion dollars wasn’t enough.