In a few years they could release another game and if they innovate enough without spoiling the appeal, they could make some good money.
I doubt it though. They better keep working on content updates for Palworld ( every time they do a major update they get a big bump in sales ) to milk it without ruining their repulation with overpriced DLCs.
Then publish a different game surfing on their repulation. But expect Soyny to step-in to price it a $70.
After that maaaaby test the waters for a Palworld II, grabbing good ideas and gameplay mechanics to make a good stew again.
iirc Pocketpair is a company consisting of a few guys who are flying by the seat of their pants, so it's not surprising that they might have signed a contract without considering the implications fully
They worked hard and make very good money. ( Not made, make, since they keep developping Palworld and get more sales along the way. )
Seems like they didn't refuse an opportunity for a fat pile of cash and extra hands from Soyny. The ''extra hands'' will likely rot everything they touch though.
If the check was fat enough I'd probably say yes too and retire. But many independant developpers are very attached to, and love their work.
They got lucky with that game being the streamers game of the week, they're smart to cash out on a half finished pokemon rip off, It's not really a strong ip and it's unlikely they'll be able to top that with subsequent games.
Yeah, people are treating this like some grand betrayal by some superhero, when its almost certainly them taking the sale at the top of their value knowing full well they will never reach it again.
And unless they retroactively censor the game (possible, but not certainty) then you just need to not play their next one to avoid the cancer. They aren't some established company with dozens of beloved IPs now being lost.
EA has been doing it for years before the regressive left started gaining influence in the corporate world due to globalist interference. Support of the regressive left is effectively a tactic corporatist jackasses use to weasel their way out of controversy related to anti-consumer practices, which is a major reason why that shit is getting worse along with technical advancement being an enabling factor.
Even outside Sony, they are growing too fast and too much on the business side. They are trying to compete to Pokémon on Game Freaks level and not indie level first. They are going to sell their IP in a year or so to Sony and that will call it quits.
This shit has been going on since YouTube creators sold out to Google, maybe even farther back. New product gets popular rapidly, investors want to capture and profit off the success while guiding how product influences the populace. Sell out early for money that could last a lifetime, maybe not. Such is the tech world.
Yeah. Aside from twitter. Need youtube to be in better hands mainly because it is a repository for like 20 years of videos. Well.. until their guidelines and policies changes enough where they remove videos that were once fine, but not anymore.
Lol Soyny saw an opportunity to get onto a semi-free meal after Palworld snatched Pokémon's lunch. ( Still waiting those lawsuits shutting Palworld down I was promissed by the ''experts''. )
I doubt they can build a whole games franchise with Palworld. If anything Soyny will damage Palworld by removing the ''problematic'' hillarious stuff ( ex : you can capture humans in Pal Spheres ) and shoving woke shit everywhere.
Of course Sony wants to grab the Pokémon killer.
But PocketPair better watch their backs, because following Sony's orders is going to kill their following.
Happened to Helldivers 2. Almost as if it was intentionally done.
Sony already owned the Helldivers IP, arrowhead will have to buy it to take full control of the game.
Pretty sure Palworld was a one hit IP. I doubt it'll go anywhere now.
In a few years they could release another game and if they innovate enough without spoiling the appeal, they could make some good money.
I doubt it though. They better keep working on content updates for Palworld ( every time they do a major update they get a big bump in sales ) to milk it without ruining their repulation with overpriced DLCs.
Then publish a different game surfing on their repulation. But expect Soyny to step-in to price it a $70.
After that maaaaby test the waters for a Palworld II, grabbing good ideas and gameplay mechanics to make a good stew again.
I won't argue, as that is also very likely.
Oh yea, they're fucked. Based on that bullshit bingo phrase they went full retard.
iirc Pocketpair is a company consisting of a few guys who are flying by the seat of their pants, so it's not surprising that they might have signed a contract without considering the implications fully
They worked hard and make very good money. ( Not made, make, since they keep developping Palworld and get more sales along the way. )
Seems like they didn't refuse an opportunity for a fat pile of cash and extra hands from Soyny. The ''extra hands'' will likely rot everything they touch though.
If the check was fat enough I'd probably say yes too and retire. But many independant developpers are very attached to, and love their work.
Undoubtedly they got bags and bags of money, so stupid if they actually liked their product and wanted a future for it. Maybe not as much otherwise.
They got lucky with that game being the streamers game of the week, they're smart to cash out on a half finished pokemon rip off, It's not really a strong ip and it's unlikely they'll be able to top that with subsequent games.
Yeah, people are treating this like some grand betrayal by some superhero, when its almost certainly them taking the sale at the top of their value knowing full well they will never reach it again.
And unless they retroactively censor the game (possible, but not certainty) then you just need to not play their next one to avoid the cancer. They aren't some established company with dozens of beloved IPs now being lost.
Purely-in for the cash or not, Palworld is a ''you get plenty for what you paied'' deal.
Soyny wil degrade quality from now on.
I can lament the devs selling-out, but frankly I'd probably say yes to a fat pile of cash in exchange for my project videogame.
It's not like there was a shortage of good independant games. If the devs sell-out, move-on to the next independant game.
EA has been doing it for years before the regressive left started gaining influence in the corporate world due to globalist interference. Support of the regressive left is effectively a tactic corporatist jackasses use to weasel their way out of controversy related to anti-consumer practices, which is a major reason why that shit is getting worse along with technical advancement being an enabling factor.
Even outside Sony, they are growing too fast and too much on the business side. They are trying to compete to Pokémon on Game Freaks level and not indie level first. They are going to sell their IP in a year or so to Sony and that will call it quits.
This shit has been going on since YouTube creators sold out to Google, maybe even farther back. New product gets popular rapidly, investors want to capture and profit off the success while guiding how product influences the populace. Sell out early for money that could last a lifetime, maybe not. Such is the tech world.
Yeah. Aside from twitter. Need youtube to be in better hands mainly because it is a repository for like 20 years of videos. Well.. until their guidelines and policies changes enough where they remove videos that were once fine, but not anymore.
I'm surprised it wasn't microsoft, honestly.
Lol Soyny saw an opportunity to get onto a semi-free meal after Palworld snatched Pokémon's lunch. ( Still waiting those lawsuits shutting Palworld down I was promissed by the ''experts''. )
I doubt they can build a whole games franchise with Palworld. If anything Soyny will damage Palworld by removing the ''problematic'' hillarious stuff ( ex : you can capture humans in Pal Spheres ) and shoving woke shit everywhere.
So I guess the creators are cashing out then?