Palworld's launch is even more impressive with Xbox added in: the survival game has had 19 million players in under 2 weeks

Palworld
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Palworld has come a long, long way from its somewhat dubious pre-launch just two weeks ago when the developers felt it necessary to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:clarify that the game wasn't a scam. Since then, it's surpassed Cyberpunk 2077, Hogw♚arts Legacy, and Elden Ring to become the biggest Steam launch in history, and is now inchi♓ng toward PUBG's world record for highest concurren꧑t player count.

On Wednesday, developer Pocket Pair released some new stats that prove the ethically questionable creature catcher survival game is somehow♌, some way, even bigger than we previously thought. In a tweet, Pocket Pair shared the startling statistic that Palworld has now been played by a total of an astounding 19 million players across Steam and Xbox.

points out that Palworld is now the biggest third-party Game Pass launch ever, the most-played third-party launch on Xbox Cloud Gaming, and currently the mo𝓡st-played Xbox game period with three million daily players.

For now, it seems Palworld truly can't be stopped. There was a time when it seemed inevitable that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Pokemon Company would throw a wrench into the game's apparent plans for world domination with a copyright claim, but so far it's 🌳only suggested that it'll investigate the pꩲotential for a legal battle

Meanwhile, Nintendo is taking action against a much more blatant Pokemon clone.

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