"Palworld's Skyrocketing Server Costs Spark Price War Between Tencent and Alibaba"

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe joked about the high monthly cost of maintaining Palworld's servers, which could potentially bankrupt the company. The game's lead network engineer confirmed that the studio spent $478,000 to ensure server stability, reflecting the significant expense. Despite the game's massive success with millions of players, the high server maintenance costs have raised concerns. Microsoft has pledged support for dedicated servers on the Xbox version of the game.