Posted 3/15/2024, 12:15:24 PM
Indie Hit Palworld Rakes in Over $67M Profit on $6.7M Budget, Developer Pocketpair Unsure How to Handle Massive Windfall
- Palworld by Pocketpair launched in January, gained 25M players, sold 15M Steam copies and 10M Xbox players
- The game cost under $6.7M to make but has made tens of billions of yen (over $67M) in profit
- Pocketpair boss says the profits are "too big for a studio our size," has no plans to expand company
- Pocketpair open to partnerships or acquisition, but not buyout talks with Microsoft specifically
- Company received death threats over Pokémon similarities; Nintendo removed a Pokémon mod and is investigating