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| firebush03 said: Glancing at the player counts over the years, it looks like Palworld definitely held up a lot stronger than Helldivers 2. With 1.0 launch showing to be another success, yeah I'd definitely give this one to Pocketpair. |
In revenue, Helldivers 2 has consistently ranked far above Palworld and never left Steam's top 100. Palworld was often (mostly?) outside the top 200. And sequels are historically much less likely to explode in popularity compared to new IP's. Tons of IP's were popular from the first game, whereas not many sequels/successors outsell their best selling predecessor 5 to 1. As a matter of fact I can't think of a single title coming close to this other than maybe Monster Hunter World?
But Palworld was pretty much early acess until now, and we don't know how much higher it can go. They both shattered expectations.
