Posted 2/2/2024, 11:37:27 PM
Runaway Hit Palworld's Soaring Popularity Strains Indie Studio's Servers, Costs Could Exceed $475K Next Month
- Palworld's server costs projected to be over $475,000 for February 2023 due to its popularity, with 19 million players
- Palworld has sold 12 million copies so far, putting gross revenue over $360 million even after Steam's cut
- Network engineer ordered to keep servers running "no matter what," prepared without budget concerns
- Indie developer Pocketpair admittedly inexperienced but smoothly handling demand that would have overwhelmed developers a decade ago
- Palworld concurrent players peaked at 2 million, compared to Diablo 3's first year figures, thanks to modern cloud infrastructure