{"id":1151017,"date":"2026-02-08T02:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czHWtqRJUEkpu7d5VhW9G5"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:52:14","slug":"it-was-super-popular-to-hate-palworld-after-launch-says-community-manager-a-lot-of-companies-might-crumble-under-the-threats-under-the-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/it-was-super-popular-to-hate-palworld-after-launch-says-community-manager-a-lot-of-companies-might-crumble-under-the-threats-under-the-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"It was &#8216;super popular to hate Palworld&#8217; after launch, says community manager: &#8216;A lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/palworld\/\">Palworld<\/a>, the survival game often referred to as &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon with guns&#8221;\u2014sometimes affectionately, sometimes derisively\u2014drew mixed reactions from critics when it first launched in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/palworld-could-be-a-delight-if-it-wasnt-so-invested-in-being-awful\/\">We called it<\/a> a &#8220;somewhat edgy, competent survival game with a core concept just dumb enough to be streamable&#8221; when it was released, while other players noted its similarities to Nintendo&#8217;s popular monster-catching RPG. Still, it was an overnight success, peaking at more than two million users on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>At a GDC 2025 talk on Monday, Pocketpair global community manager John Buckley said that it was &#8220;super popular to hate Palworld&#8221; after the massive launch because it was an &#8220;impressions printing machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Buckley also pushed back against some of the accusations leveled at Palworld in the immediate aftermath of its release, including claims that it had been produced using generative AI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could stand here and tell you we didn&#8217;t AI generate Palworld, but at least five people in this room are going to say &#8216;liar.&#8217; But that&#8217;s what it is. We&#8217;ve kind of given up repeating this, but we didn&#8217;t, I promise,&#8221; Buckley said.<\/p>\n<p>There were also accusations of plagiarism that stemmed from a series of posts on X which compared its models to Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s, and which Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe called &#8220;slanderous&#8221; at the time.<\/p>\n<p>After Pocketpair&#8217;s artists became upset over the allegations, Buckley says the company opted to &#8220;go on the offensive,&#8221; among other things releasing concept art and detailing how designs are crowd-sourced through what he calls a &#8220;Pal Vote&#8221;\u2014an internal process by which artists produce mockups and the developers vote on whether they like, dislike, or have mixed feelings on individual monsters.<\/p>\n<p>The generative AI and plagiarism rumors haven&#8217;t entirely gone away, but Palworld continues to plug away with an average of around 25,000 concurrent on Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Pocketpair is also working on new features, including the long-awaited release of crossplay. In the meantime, Pocketpair is continuing to &#8220;hash out&#8221; the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/it-was-a-very-depressing-day-palworld-community-manager-reveals-studios-reaction-to-nintendo-lawsuit\/\">surprise patent lawsuit from Nintendo<\/a>, which Buckley jokingly refers to as a &#8220;fellow indie company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think very few companies could survive a post-Palworld situation like we did,&#8221; Buckley says. &#8220;I think a lot of companies might crumble under the threats, under the pressure, under the negativity, but we managed to retain all of our staff. We managed to push on because we&#8217;re such a close and tight knit company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"6c9a777c-d26e-4cb1-9c7c-9eaebea3298a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/it-was-super-popular-to-hate-palworld-after-launch-says-community-manager-a-lot-of-companies-might-crumble-under-the-threats-under-the-pressure.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"6c9a777c-d26e-4cb1-9c7c-9eaebea3298a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/it-was-super-popular-to-hate-palworld-after-launch-says-community-manager-a-lot-of-companies-might-crumble-under-the-threats-under-the-pressure\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palworld, the survival game often referred to as &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon with guns&#8221;\u2014sometimes affectionately, sometimes derisively\u2014drew mixed reactions from critics when it first launched in January 2024. We called it a &#8220;somewhat edgy, competent survival game with a core concept just dumb enough to be streamable&#8221; when it was released, while other players noted its similarities to Nintendo&#8217;s popular monster-catching RPG. Still, it was an overnight success, peaking at more than two million users on Steam. At a GDC 2025 talk on Monday, Pocketpair global community manager John Buckley said that it was &#8220;super popular to hate Palworld&#8221; after the massive launch because it was an &#8220;impressions printing machine.&#8221; Buckley also pushed back against some of the accusations leveled at Palworld in the immediate aftermath of its&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/it-was-super-popular-to-hate-palworld-after-launch-says-community-manager-a-lot-of-companies-might-crumble-under-the-threats-under-the-pressure\/\">Read 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