Palworld, the Pokémon with weapons, is a success on Xbox and has surpassed this free-to-play.

The video game industry is becoming increasingly competitive, making standing out a challenging task. To the surprise of many, Palworld stood out immediately and has already secured its place in history. Therefore, it is not surprising that it surpassed, at least for a moment, one of the most successful free-to-play games on the market.

Palworld Triumphs on Xbox

According to data provided by analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana, the Pocketpair video game had more active players than Fortnite on Xbox during the past Monday, January 22nd. On that day alone, Microsoft console users played the famous Pokémon with weapons for an average of over 200 minutes.

However, the analyst states that the survival title only surpassed the free game from Epic Games for one day, and the figures for both projects were very close. Nevertheless, it is an impressive achievement.

While Fortnite is a free-to-play game that anyone can download and install without spending a penny, Palworld costs $529.00 MXN in the Xbox store. However, players can try it at no additional cost thanks to Xbox Game Pass. It is not unreasonable to think that it gained significant popularity on the platform thanks to the subscription service.

Palworld is a Million-Dollar Success

The video game developed by the Japanese studio Pocketpair is indeed one of the biggest surprises in recent years. Since its early access release on January 19th, it has sold 7 million copies. According to reports, this figure only considers Steam data.

In fact, Palworld is a historic success on PC. A few hours ago, it surpassed the 2,000,000 simultaneous players milestone and became the second most popular title in the history of the Valve platform, only behind PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. At this moment, there are 834,829 connected users.

It remains to be seen if this game inspired by Pokémon, ARK, and Minecraft can survive the test of time. For now, its developers shared the list of novelties coming in the next updates[/url] and confirmed that they are working on highly anticipated features, such as cross-play between Xbox and Steam.

But tell us, what do you think of this game? Did you play it through Xbox Game Pass?

Palworld is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.