Palworld passes 40 million players ahead of its July 10 exit from Early Access, with Pocketpair recapping two and a half years of updates.
  • LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    402·
    26 天前

    I’m not disputing that Palworld isn’t popular, but I hate when companies advertise with “40M players”

    40M purchases is fine, which is very impressive for a paid game. If I buy a game, never play it or play it once, then I’m not ‘playing’ that game.

      • LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        25·
        26 天前

        “Copies sold” is a much better measure

        It bugs me when GW2 also does this with “over 12 million players” when actually it’s registered accounts.

        I know people who have and use multiple POF accounts obtained freely, including a guy who literally has 83 accounts and uses them all every reset.

        • tomi000@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          26 天前

          “Copies sold” is a much better measure

          Definitely. I was being sarcastic, not trying to defend the wording.

        • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          26 天前

          I think they include Game Pass players as well. So it sold probably less then 40 million, therefore they go with the “Players”.