Palworld Becomes Massive Hit, Outpacing Pokémon Sales Despite Controversy
• Palworld has sold 12M copies on Steam and had 7M Xbox downloads, making it Xbox Game Pass' biggest 3rd-party launch ever
• It sold 5M copies in its first Early Access weekend and has now sold over 19M copies total
• It remains extremely popular on Steam despite slowing sales, with higher player counts than Counter-Strike 2
• The Pokémon Company said it would investigate allegations Palworld copied Pokémon designs, but no legal action has occurred yet
• Its total sales across platforms are on pace to surpass Pokémon Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet, two of the Switch's best selling games ever