{"id":271552,"date":"2024-01-22T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=325133"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:11:05","slug":"palworld-the-pokemon-with-guns-is-a-record-breaking-sales-success-on-steam-and-a-source-of-controversy-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/palworld-the-pokemon-with-guns-is-a-record-breaking-sales-success-on-steam-and-a-source-of-controversy-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld is the game you need to play, but controversy is coming with it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No one ever knows what the next big phenomenon will be. Nor how long it will last or if it will be embraced enthusiastically. If someone knew, they would be swimming in money, because they would know the magic formula to create successes<\/strong>. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exist, and even when it’s evident that something will work, it’s impossible to predict if it will work in the short, medium, or long term, or if a portion of the audience will react negatively to its success. Something that Palworld is currently experiencing in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n

\r\n
\r\n
\r\n
\r\n \"Palworld\"\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Palworld<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/path><\/path><\/text><\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sales nobody expected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In terms of sales, the game has been a success. Despite appearing on GamePass from the start, it has sold four million copies and reached almost 1.3 million players on Steam<\/a>. Scandalous figures that define it as a resounding success<\/strong>. Something that has also brought it no small amount of criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Palworld is gameplay-wise a copy of games like Ark, shamelessly stealing its UI, or Rust, many people have pointed out the obvious influence that Pok\u00e9mon has had on the game’s design<\/strong>. Defined by many as “Pok\u00e9mon with guns”<\/a>, some Twitter users are conducting analysis to demonstrate all the extreme similarities between the creatures of Palworld and some Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>. Some of them reaching uncomfortable points<\/a>. Some even bordering on legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n