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[Draugoth]

Amid this success, the game has sparked debates about plagiarism and the use of AI-generated content, with a developer from Naughty Dog claiming that Palworld was created nefariously.

• Palworld’s ability to break so many records has made it the subject of controversy.
• Many believe the game’s foundations have been built on plagiarism.
• A developer from Naughty Dog also chimed in, claiming that the developers are cheating.

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[Sacred]

Amid this success, the game has sparked debates about plagiarism and the use of AI-generated content, with a developer from Naughty Dog claiming that Palworld was created nefariously.

• Palworld’s ability to break so many records has made it the subject of controversy.
• Many believe the game’s foundations have been built on plagiarism.
• A developer from Naughty Dog also chimed in, claiming that the developers are cheating.

They're cheating guys trust me, I don't have proof I just know it. Shut the fuck up Del.

 

[yansolo]

theyre salty huh

 

[Stuart360]

Man them tweets just come off so salty and butthurt.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I love the fact that Naughty Dog employees know they spend 200+ million on their games and Palworld is running circles around them.

They're nervous, jealous, and salty.

 

[TexMex]

I'm positive they're cheating I just have no idea how and zero evidence to back this claim up. Welp, time to fart it out into the ether!

 

[adamsapple]

A developer from Naughty Dog also chimed in, claiming that the developers are cheating.

Someone's salty over Factions being canceled.

 

[simpatico]

It doesn't even have a challenging narrative where we find out the humans are the real monsters all along. No depressed protagonist. Expectations are pretty much met instead of subverted. Why even release it?

 

[kiphalfton]

They're probably mad because Palworld is making it look effortless.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Factions was made nefariously, that's why it got canned.

 

[mitch1971]

Palworld's success. This game can't be achieved without underhandedness.

It's funny how a game can have gambling mechanics, heavy FOMO, pay to win, but this use of AI is the dirties tactic ever.

 

[ssringo]

 

[BennyBlanco]

Meanwhile:

 

[Topher]

Developer tools need anti-cheat software built in.

 

[Punished Miku]

Man, maybe I should just pull the trigger and buy this game right now. This is worth $30 of entertainment already.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I don't even plan to play Palworld but let's be honest, ND tried a multiplayer-only title to get em cash for years to come and they failed. Now a new game comes out and made more in a week than one of their games in a year.

 

[Punished Miku]

I love the fact that Naughty Dog employees know they spend 200+ million on their games and Palworld is running circles around them.

They're nervous, jealous, and salty.

This is all, evidently, completely true. What a bad series of tweets.

200 million is extremely conservative.

 

[Raonak]

That's very stupid of them to claim any of this without evidence.

But then I realised that's the norm on twitter.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Man, maybe I should just pull the trigger and buy this game right now. This is worth $30 of entertainment already.

It's cheaper on PC ($27) Plus its playable on Steam deck.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Fuck Palworld, but at the same time... a toast to its success... Either way, I don't care; JUST ENOUGH, to post this.

 

[RyanEvans21]

That's very stupid of them to claim any of this without evidence.

Them?

 

[DrFigs]

is this really thread worthy.

oh a naughty dog employee said it. okay that changes everything. expect this to reach 10 pages soon

 

[RainblowDash]

They all jelly!

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Zero interest in this game but the past few days have been more entertaining than Bulbasaur getting fucked by Jigglypuff

 

[Madflavor]

"Nooo! They're taking attention away from another one of our recycled Last of Us games!"

Suck a dick Del Walker.

 

[bender]

You'd think a derivative game maker would be happy when another derivative game maker finds success.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

This takes the crown of stupidest shit I've read. I don't like survival games but I jyst might get it now.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Not as much cheating as reselling a game as "remaster".

 

[semiconscious]

much jealous! very class!...

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Guy has a Palestinian flag in his handle. Tells you all you need to know about him and how much regard shuold be given to whatever bullshit he says.

 

[JaksGhost]

People have opinions…

That's very stupid of them to claim any of this without evidence.

But then I realised that's the norm on twitter.

Have you read a GAF thread before?

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I don’t get it, it’s just a pokemon clone with some mincrafting thrown in. oh and there’s guns.

Not quite sure why Playstation hasn’t forced Guerrilla Games to make their own Pokemon clone. Some type of pointless integrity I guess.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I love the fact that Naughty Dog employees know they spend 200+ million on their games and Palworld is running circles around them.

They're nervous, jealous, and salty.

How is a game that has sold less copies, at a fraction of the sale price, running circles around Naughty Dog?

Their tweets do seem salty, but let's not trade one inaccurate salty comment for another.

 

[Saber]

Go back to making remasters and smelling your own farts.

 

[qbxwhi]

isnt it just overworked ambitious young japanese people that made this game.

 

[Pop]

Guy has a Palestinian flag in his handle. Tells you all you need to know about him and how much regard shuold be given to whatever bullshit he says.

Oh yikes

Both those devs come off as jealous and salty. While western game companies spend 100+ million on story games, Pocketpair did it for 7 million

 

[geary]

I know that reference…Isnt that WoW Blackwing Lair end boss Pokemon?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

How is a game that has sold less copies, at a fraction of the sale price, running circles around Naughty Dog?

Their tweets do seem salty, but let's not trade one inaccurate salty comment for another.

They already sold 8 million copies in just 6 days. The development was much cheaper, and they didn't spend nearly as much as ND to market it. They probably profited more than most, if not every, ND games (individually) already.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

How is a game that has sold less copies, at a fraction of the sale price, running circles around Naughty Dog?

Their tweets do seem salty, but let's not trade one inaccurate salty comment for another.

Because a game built at 1/100th of their budget reached 8 million units sold well before any Uncharted or Last of Us game?

Naughty Dog employees don't like the feeling they're operating in a slow, expensive, antique tank when modern weapons are zipping around outside being significantly more effective.

 

[BennyBlanco]

How is a game that has sold less copies, at a fraction of the sale price, running circles around Naughty Dog?

Their tweets do seem salty, but let's not trade one inaccurate salty comment for another.

TLOU2 sold 4 mil the weekend it released. Palworld sold 5 mil. TLOU2 sold for $60 and Palworld for $27.

One game had a budget of 200M+ and a huge marketing push, and one had a 7M budget and no marketing at all.

What do you think was a more profitable venture?

 

[Pejo]

 

[AALLx]

Sarcasm is dead on the internet, cause y'all are too stupid to see/read it.

I thought only redditors in r/Palworld are the idiots, and then you post it on GAF and the replies are the same too.

Del Walker wasn't being sarcastic.

Wait, what? He was being genuine with the way he said it? That was line-by-line sarcasm, because the only other explanation is that the person who wrote it is stupid and lacks self-awareness, and the way it's written could only have been sarcasm, unless he's really, really that stupid.

 

[ZehDon]

How exactly does a game dev "cheat"?

 

[Fake]

Go back to make another remake of TLOUS.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

They already sold 8 million copies in just 6 days. The development was much cheaper, and they didn't spend nearly as much as ND to market it. They probably profited more than most ND games (individually, ofc) already.

TLOU2 sold 4 mil the weekend it released. Palworld sold 5 mil. TLOU2 sold for $60 and Palworld for $27.

One game had a budget of 200M+ and a huge marketing push, and one had a 7M budget and no marketing at all.

What do you think was a more profitable venture?

They already sold 8 million copies in just 6 days. The development was much cheaper, and they didn't spend nearly as much as ND to market it. They probably profited more than most ND games already.

8 million in 6 days at a fraction of the cost.

TLOU series has likely sold over 40 million by now (37 million with data over a year old). It has gone on to win GOTY awards and receive significant industry accolades and recognition.

"Running circles" around ND isn't accurate. Highly profitable for now? Yes, no doubting that. Hasn't come close to scratching ND's ballsack in terms of lifetime profitability, revenue, or recognition or whatever other metric you wish to use. Let's see if this fad sticks like fortnite or gets quickly forgotten about.

 

[BiohazardX95]

Because a game built at 1/100th of their budget reached 8 million units sold well before any Uncharted or Last of Us game?

Naughty Dog employees don't like the feeling they're operating in a slow, expensive, antique tank when modern weapons are zipping around outside being significantly more effective.

but palworld gained so much traction because pokémon, otherwise those sales would have been impossible.
If naughty dog creates a cheap mp game we don't know if it will be succesful.

 

[Topher]

Sarcasm is dead on the internet, cause y'all are too stupid to see/read it.

I thought only redditors in r/Palworld are the idiots, and then you post it on GAF and the replies are the same too.

Del Walker wasn't being sarcastic.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

but palworld gained so much traction because pokémon, otherwise those sales would have been impossible.
If naughty dog creates a cheap mp game we don't know if it will be succesful.

Too many breakaway hits in the survival genre for there not to be something there.

Compare Temtem with Palworld. That Pokemon influence only gets you so far.

 

[IFireflyl]

Your opinion is irrelevant.

 

[Fake]

Sarcasm is dead on the internet, cause y'all are too stupid to see/read it.

Speaking of stupid...