• LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe
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    1 day ago

    I’m not disputing that Palworld isn’t popular, but I hate when companies advertise with “40M players”

    40M purchases is fine, which is very impressive for a paid game. If I buy a game, never play it or play it once, then I’m not ‘playing’ that game.

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        1 day ago

        “Copies sold” is a much better measure

        It bugs me when GW2 also does this with “over 12 million players” when actually it’s registered accounts.

        I know people who have and use multiple POF accounts obtained freely, including a guy who literally has 83 accounts and uses them all every reset.

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          20 hours ago

          I think they include Game Pass players as well. So it sold probably less then 40 million, therefore they go with the “Players”.

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          “Copies sold” is a much better measure

          Definitely. I was being sarcastic, not trying to defend the wording.