Palworld Limits Multiplayer Numbers On Xbox, Here’s Why

Palworld, Pocketpair’s “Pokémon With Guns” survival game, is popping off after entering Early Access today, January 19. Shortly after launch, it boasted 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, but for those playing the game through Xbox Game Pass on PC or console, there are some limitations to its multiplayer features. That’s because the studio has confirmed that the game supports less players if you’re playing anywhere other than Steam due to a lack of dedicated servers on other platforms.

On Steam, Palworld supports dedicated servers that host up to 32 players in one session of the game’s open world. However, Xbox Series X/S and the Windows Store multiplayer options are much more limited, only allowing up to…