Two words: Management Interference. They are giant companies, with fucking money-men running them.

It's literally the same as Boeing. The only difference is people's lives don't depend on video games.

But in both cases you have a C-Suite that does not give a shit about anything but money. They will cut any corner, piss off any customer, piss off multitudes of employees. They. Do. Not. Give. A. Damn.

As long as their pocketbooks get fatter, they could give a shit what happens.

Like Bobby Kotick, they will all have Golden Parachutes, so it won't affect them.

That's not their focus.

I find it so weird, too, because I always assumed those AAA games failed to be fun, because they include a multitude of different gameplay mechanics, to differentiate themselves from the indies which generally focus on making very few gameplay mechanics extra fun.

But Palworld does exactly the AAA thing, mixing all kinds of genres, with the respective gameplay mechanics to boot, and none of those are individually extraordinary.

I guess, humor and not taking yourself too serious go a very long way. Maybe it's also a matter of things not being as balanced/polished as in AAA games, so anything you unlock could be ridiculously overpowered, which makes it more fun to explore.

I can't wait so see how shit skull and bones ends up being.