Analyst says Nintendo “felt threatened” by Palworld success
· My Nintendo NewsBy now, you’re more than likely aware of the news that Nintendo and The Pokemon Company has filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld. Since the news broke, Pocketpair has responded. Meanwhile, the online gaming community has been gradually digesting the news.
One of them is analyst Dr. Serkan Toto, who spoke to GamesRadar earlier about the matter. Toto feels that “This lawsuit would have never happened if Palworld had 500 users per day on Steam. [Nintendo] would have said, ‘ok, whatever, let’s leave these guys alone; the game will die'”. However, the game not only survived, but it has turned into a massive success. It has sold many millions of copies, it’s going multi-platform, and there’s even plans for merchandising and an anime.
According to Toto, it’s that that likely led Nintendo to take action. “You cannot do this with Nintendo. I understand that Nintendo was foaming at the mouth, saying, ‘Look, these guys are going multi-platform, and they’re making anime and merchandising their Pals.’ And Nintendo felt threatened or disrespected or just angry, and they dropped this bomb on them”.