Palworld, the open-world survival game often referred to as "Pokémon with guns", has gained significant traction in the U.S.
The release briefly surpassed Epic Games' Fortnite in daily players on Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox.
"According to Circana's Player Engagement Tracker, on January 22nd Palworld surpassed Fortnite in US XBS DAU. On that day alone, Palworld players on XBS in the US played Palworld for more than 200 minutes, on average. Bonkers numbers," video game analyst Mat Piscatella shared on Twitter.
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However, Piscatella warned that the data is "just for one day", and that it should be considered more a "small-sample data point for funsies stat for now."
Despite its recent debut, Palworld has already sold 7 million copies ...