The Nintendo Palworld lawsuit hasn't stopped the survival hit from debuting at the top of Japan's PS5 charts, beating Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero and Metaphor: ReFantazio
Nov. 11, 2024“Thank you PlayStation gamers!”
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Palworld developer Pocketpair may be in the middle of alegal battle against Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, but that’s not stopped its hit survival game from having a phenomenal first month on PS5.
Palworldmade its debut on PS5 in asurprise launch on September 26 in 68 countries, although a short delay meant that itcame to Japan slightly later on October 4. Clearly, a lot of PlayStation owners were eager to give the survival game a go because it’s number one in October’s PS5 download rankings in Japan and number 10 in the US and Canada, according toPlayStation’s official roundup.
It had some fierce competition for those places, too. In Japan, it managed to beat both Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero andMetaphor: ReFantazio– two enormous October releases, as well as the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, theSilent Hill 2remake, and more. The ranking in the US and Canada is quite different, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on top and Undisputed in third, although Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is notably still in second place. Palworld also managed to beat Metaphor: ReFantazio a second time to squeeze its way into the top 10.
“Palworld didn’t do too bad on PS5 in October it seems!” Palworld community manager and game designerBucky writes on Twitter, sharing the charts. “Thank you PlayStation gamers!”
Nintendo andThe Pokemon Companyfiled a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair in September, and it’s now been revealedwhich exact patents the Palworld developer is alleged to have infringed upon. Pocketpair says it will “continue to assert our position in this case through future legal proceedings.”
Palworld developer responds to Nintendo lawsuit, says “we will do our utmost” to ensure that indie devs “are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas.”
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