{"id":26620,"date":"2024-02-02T17:33:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T08:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=26620"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:45:41","slug":"20240202-26620","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240202-26620\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld developer\u2019s CEO talks about \u201cgoing bankrupt\u201d from server fees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CEO of PocketPair, Takuro Mizobe, made a comment regarding <strong>Palworld<\/strong>\u2019s high server fees on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account on February 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3042\u308c\u3001\u3072\u3087\u3063\u3068\u3057\u3066\u30b5\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u4ee3\u3067\u5012\u7523\u3059\u308b\uff1f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahxYHM3zWl\">pic.twitter.com\/ahxYHM3zWl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Takuro Mizobe | Palworld (@urokuta_ja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/urokuta_ja\/status\/1753318561991532756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>Huh, could we possibly go bankrupt from server fees?<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the short period since its release on January 19, Palworld has accumulated over 19 million players, achieving record-breaking sales. The huge commercial success was not anticipated even by the developers themselves, who are a relatively small-scale indie company. This has led to them experiencing difficulties in keeping up with the unprecedented high traffic and numerous inquiries from players experiencing problems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, PocketPair\u2019s CEO brought up the topic of Palworld\u2019s server fees, which are expected to exceed 70 million yen (around $480,000 USD based on recent exchange rates) for January. This makes for a 359% increase compared to the previous month. Though he uses the worrying term \u201cbankruptcy,\u201d it is most likely hyperbole, but the huge figure no doubt came as a surprise to the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palworld\u2019s network engineer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chujohiroto\/status\/1753321934639816761?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quoted the post<\/a> in question, mentioning that the Palworld servers were set up with a focus on not allowing services to be suspended at any cost, thus undermining profitability. They also reassured users that they will do everything they can so that players can keep enjoying Palworld.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, users have been (half-jokingly, half-seriously) calling on Microsoft to step in and help, considering their recently announced plan to provide direct support to PocketPair in optimizing Palworld for their platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palworld is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1623730\/Palworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/palworld-game-preview\/9nkv34xdw014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PocketPair&#8217;s CEO Takuro Mizobe has shared an estimate of Palworld&#8217;s monthly server fees, together with the caption &#8220;could we go bankrupt.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":26223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-26620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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