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Alucard188 posted...

So it's an early access, and is admittedly a good framework, but just a framework for an open-world game. They aren't going to expand on this any further? How about developing costs into that and making it a full-fledged release instead of just early access?

Their business model seems to have always been "take a popular thing and add base-building mechanics, while doing the bare minimum to make it a functional game", then rinse and repeat. Their next game to be released after Palworld is basically just Hollow Knight but more colorful and with base-building.

They likely never had any intention of seriously developing Palworld much further, but are now caught out by the game's runaway success.

Also, it's pretty interesting to look back at the original Palworld trailers, where the game looked a LOT more colorful and lively, and was clearly taking cues from Genshin Impact at the time.