Speculation has risen lately that the future of Palworld might be free-to-play, which obviously did not strike well with the game’s fans, since that might mean that the game will be Pay-To-Win.
The game officials have finally came with a statement on the official Palworld Discord that the game will remain Buy-To-Play.
The original Discord message, as of 14th September, 14:10 GMT time, is as follows:
The message reads:
From Bucky on the official Discord.
Regarding the Future of Palworld
TL;DR - We are not changing our game's business model, it will remain buy-to-play and not f2p or GaaS.
Recently, an article was published in which we discussed the possible future direction of Palworld and ideas for continuing the game for a long time.
In fact, this interview was conducted several months ago. At that time, we were still considering the best way forward for Palworld to create a long-lasting game that continues to grow. We are still discussing this internally, as it is quite challenging to find the ideal path, but we have already decided that the F2P/GaaS approach is not suitable for us.
Palworld was never designed with that model in mind, and it would require too much work to adapt the game at this point. Additionally, we are very aware that this just isn't what our players want, and we always put our players first.
We are still considering skins and DLC for Palworld in future as a means to support development, but we will discuss this with you all again as we get closer to that point. For now, our priority remains making Palworld the best game possible.
We apologize for any concern this may have caused, and we hope this clarifies our position.
Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.
