{"id":288535,"date":"2024-09-16T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=340490"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:57:49","slug":"the-creator-of-palworld-confirms-that-it-will-never-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-creator-of-palworld-confirms-that-it-will-never-be-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The creator of Palworld confirms that it will never be free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the new big trend in video games: offering the title completely free but <strong>then making the audience pay for small cosmetic fixes, DLCs, and various purchases.<\/strong> And after the failure of Concord, it seems quite clear that all companies considering making &#8216;games as a service&#8217; will pivot in their intentions of requiring an initial payment for them. 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Never!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pocketpair, the company behind Palworld, has made it very clear that they don&#8217;t care what the rest of the industry does: they will never go free-to-play, although <strong>they admit that they considered it for a while<\/strong>. <em>&#8216;We have decided that free-to-play or games as a service don&#8217;t suit our game well.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It makes sense: after all, the game wasn&#8217;t designed with that model in mind, and now they would have to change everything to adapt it. And it&#8217;s not worth it for a trend, since they are aware that <em><strong>&#8216;it&#8217;s not what our players want, and we always put them first<\/strong>.&#8217;<\/em> Yes, there may be skins or additional content in the future, but it will be something discussed with the community and they will never act unilaterally. Look, I wish everyone did the same, honestly. 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