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Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Says It Is Really “Simple” To Understand Why Palworld Was A Success

A developer behind Baldur's Gate 3 has offered their perspective on the success of Pocket Pair's action adventure game, Palworld.

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Deathdeliverer54d ago

That team wants to be acquired after a one hit wonder. I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t sent an army of armed lawyers to their gates.

DivineHand12554d ago

There aren't enough similarities between Palworld and Pokemon for Nintendo to go after them.

Palworld has mechanics that were never done in Pokemon since those games came out in the 90s.

ZeekQuattro54d ago

Palworld has more in common with Ark and Conan Exiles. Not sure why people still comparing to Pokemon.

meganick54d ago

Probably because Nintendo doesn’t own Pokémon.

RabbitFly54d ago

Yea they do. Pokrmon just got so big that nintendo branched it out into It's own Company. Still owned by Nintendo.

Palworld has nothing that makes it infringing on the ip though.

Nerdmaster54d ago

@RabbitFly
"Ackshually..." no, Nintendo doesn't own it. Don't know if links are ok here, so type "Who Owns Pokémon? gameinformer" on Google.
At first Nintendo only sold the games, while Creatures were the producers, and Game Freak were the developers.
At the end, Masuda, who's Game Freak's co-founder, says they keep Pokemon on Nintendo platforms for the companies' friendship, so it's implied that just as Game Freak develops titles for other platforms, they could do the same with Pokemon if they wanted to.
Yes, Nintendo owns a third of The Pokemon Company, but if Game Freak and Creatures decided to release a game on another platform, I don't think Nintendo would be able to stop it.

RabbitFly53d ago

The pokrmon Company owns pokemon. They all own a third of the pokemon Company each.

There is No way that game freak could Just force a licensing agreement without nintendos agreement.

This is not Just a friendly deal. They all own a third of the Company each. And while i don't know how its strucrure is organized. It is likely they all have a similar amount of control.

Nerdmaster53d ago

Your statement "Nintendo owns Pokémon" still stands wrong. Just like if you own 33% of the shares of a company, you're still under the rule of the ones who control the majority.

Yes, the chances that Game Freak and Creatures will go over Nintendo is extremely low. That's why Masuda says it's "highly unlikely" that Pokémon will ever be released on other platforms. But not impossible.

Because Nintendo doesn't own Pokémon.

They themselves clearified this when Nintendo stocks jumped in price when Pokémon Go was released, because people were buying Nintendo stocks thinking their price would rise because of the game success, and Nintendo had to say they don't own Pokémon and the game would have low impact on their earnings (since it was not on a Nintendo platform, they wouldn't sell more consoles or get the money every game on their platform needs to pay them when it's sold), and the stock price went back to normal.

If you need one more proof... Please visit Nintendo Store either in New York or Tokyo. Do you know what you won't find there?
Pokémon merchandise.

Because Nintendo doesn't own Pokémon.

RabbitFly53d ago

If Nintendo is one of 3 owners in a three way Split it is absolutely factually correct to say that they own it. They are literary one of the owners.

The thing about control is corporate politics.

Keep in mind i never said that nintendo decides what plattform they launch pokemon products on.

I merely corrected the statement that they did not own it. Because they do. Just not alone.

meganick53d ago

@Rabbit

Pokemon is owned by a corporation called The Pokemon Company. Nintendo owns some stock in that company but not a controlling interest.

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Baldur's Gate 3's Side Quest Design is its Secret Weapon

With a game like Baldur's Gate 3, a number of factors make it successful—but perhaps none are as powerful as its side quest design.

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Popsicle7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Article makes a great point and I agree with it but is spoiler heavy. It should be marked. If you haven’t played through the game be warned as it even spoils parts of act 3.

Dirty_Lemons7d ago

Thanks for this dude, I am very interested in playing when I have time and am trying to avoid spoilers.

dakarli3d ago

This game rocks, everything is quality, and I love the cutscenes, which remind me of Dragon Age Origin.

https://kodi.software/

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Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Editions Delayed Due to Production Issues

While we were so hoping to not have to update owners of the console physical Deluxe Edition with any further news of delay, we’ve now run into more production issues which means that players who pre-ordered their PS5 North America copy that was expected to ship later this month, will now have to wait until July before they can get their hands on them.

shinoff21839d ago

Got that email like 2 weeks ago. Tbh I'm not tripping. I understand sht happens. I'm just glad they changed their minds on the physical release

Popsicle8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

I with you. I got the email is well. Happy to eventually own a physical copy and glad it’s not digital only.

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Nothing Can Scratch A New Gamer’s Itch For Another Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 is so good it might actually be a bad place to start with RPGs.

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Armaggedon9d ago

Baldurs Gate 3 was great, but I dont think it is as crazy as people make it out to be. I actually think Starfield is closer to being a crazy insane once in a lifetime game, but Im ready for the flak Im about to get.

AndrewM8d ago

If you think that then you either A never played Bg3 or B never watched anyone else play it, or C you don't know anything about the game, or D you played it and have no idea of the marvel it is in every single aspect of game design. It doesn't matter what game you compare it to, it doesn't hold a candle. Let alone starfield.

Armaggedon8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

A. Ive played it thrice
B. Played with others, so there are moments of watching
C. Know more than I would care to about the game
D.
Thats quite bold, seeing as there are an inumerable amount of games for it to contend with. I also know plenty of people with their own gripes with the game.

As someone that creates things, and has actively sought to gather intel and understanding, I would say Baldurs Gates very nature makes it so it would have a hard time sitting upon the lofty throne you have given it. Similar to a Bethesda game, it is a game with a very large number of permutations and variables to consider, despite being smaller in scale by direct comparison.

Exemplary mastery of design philosophy is more certain to appear in a game that is for confined. One of the reasons I see Starfield the way I do is simply Bethesedas approach of breaking the rules. Anyone should hopefully know that you just dont try to fit a Bethesda game into a space game, but they found a way to pull it off. Do to the nature of large scale open world games, whether it is efficient or not depends on the angle one is looking at.

Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes

Armaggedon8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Part 2:
Many people would tell me immediately that loading screens and empty planets prove that they failed to pull it off. If you play Starfield like a conventional game yes, it will seem disjointed and lazy; however, to those who realize what Bethesda were going for, you will see that the game is severely underestimated. The idea of God is hated and loved by many, and there is much controversy. Starfield is closer to that idea than people even notice.