SUMMARY
- Palworld AKA Pokemon with Guns is a massive hit and has become a sensation in the gaming community.
- The survival game is currently only available on PC and Xbox.
Developed and published by Pocketpair, Palworld is a new multiplayer game featuring an open world. The game allows players to make friends with creatures known as Pal. These Pals can then be used by the players for various in-game activities such as construction, fights, farming, and working in industries. The game has been a massive hit on Steam selling 5 million copies in the initial three days of its launch.
The game comes with both single-player and multiplayer components with the latter going up to 32 people. Pocketapir revealed the game in 2021 and it went live for early access almost three years later on January 19. The game has also been called “Pokemon with Guns” due to its drawing similarities with the Nintendo franchise.
Currently, at the time of writing, Palworld is exclusive to PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Therefore players of PlayStation and Nintendo platforms are not able to experience the phenomenal game.
Is Palworld coming to PS5?
Palworld‘s PS5 port has not yet been announced by developer Pocketpair. Although Palworld won’t be arriving on the PS4 or PS5 anytime soon, there is still a chance that the game may eventually be available on the PlayStation consoles.
If a recent social media exchange is any indication, the overnight sensation Palworld may eventually make an appearance on PlayStation platforms.
This is a result of Shuhei Yoshida of PlayStation recently interacting via X with a fan. “Congratulations,” was Yoshida’s reply to a tweet from Palworld regarding the game’s sales figures. Yoshida was subsequently contacted by a fan who requested that he ensure that Palworld for the PS5 gets launched as quickly as possible. To this, Yoshida just answered, “Yes.”
はい〜 @GinaZJW
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) January 20, 2024
Yoshida further mentioned PlayStation’s Jingwen Zhu in that same tweet. For the unknown, Jingwen Zhu is employed by PlayStation’s Partner Development. Therefore it is an indication that requests from fans for Palworld to be available on the PS5 are being forwarded to the appropriate parties.
This is not to suggest that a Palworld PS5 port is confirmed, but it does indicate that PlayStation is at least open to discussing the possibility of bringing the game to its consoles.
However, it’s unlikely that Palworld will launch on the PlayStation 5 for some time. In a recent roadmap that the developer released, the PS5 (or other platforms) was not included in it. Palworld’s sales have skyrocketed despite being available on Xbox Game Pass, and with the enormous install base of the PS5, the game has a great chance to expand even more.