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LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe ⁨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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tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Well they cant say 40M owners because that would be a lie as well.

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- LemmyTellYou@lemmy.cafe ⁨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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  - tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    “Copies sold” is a much better measure
    
    Definitely. I was being sarcastic, not trying to defend the wording.
    
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  - thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨22⁩ ⁨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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- jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Sorry, did we say players? We meant
  
  “40M payers”
  
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- samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  “license holders”
  
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