During an interview published by ASCII, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe seemed willing to consider this model. Free to play to BallworldIt considers it a useful system to “extend a game's life cycle,” but when asked directly if the title in question could become free-to-play, the team responded decisively after a few hours. categorically denies the possibility.
“We will not change the business model of our game,” the team said in a message on X in recent hours, “which will be purchasable to play and will not be a free-to-play or free-to-play game.” In short, Ballworld Will continue to be sold as a premium game With its own specific pricing and limited contents.
After making the necessary clarification, the official Multiworld account further clarified the company's position, directly referencing the article where the conflicting information appeared to have emerged.
There may be direct service elements, but the basis remains unchanged
“An article was recently published in which we discussed the future direction of Ballworld and ideas for continuing the game in the long term,” the news read, a direct reference to an interview with Mizobe published earlier.
“Actually, this interview was conducted several months ago, and we're still evaluating the best way to build a long-term and ever-evolving game, because it's very challenging to find the best path, but we've already decided that the F2P/GaaS approach isn't a good fit.
Therefore, considerations of a possible approach to free-to-play would have existed before the launch of Ballworld, which, as illustrated by the following message, was designed to be organized in a different way.
“Palworld was never designed with this model in mind, and it would require a lot of work to modify the game at this time, which we know our players don't want, and we always put our players first.”
However, “we are still considering it Skins and DLC It's a way to support development for Palworld in the future, but we'll discuss this again with all of you as we get closer to this point. For now, our priority is to make Ballworld a better game.”
Someone Direct service style integrations Hence, they are viable and viable for the long term survival of the game.
Meanwhile, possible clues have emerged for Palworld's arrival on PS5, with a possible announcement at Tokyo Game Show 2024.
