Pocketpair CEO is now proud to see Tencent working on a Palworld clone

, by Thibaut

Pocketpair CEO is now proud to see Tencent working on a Palworld clone

Earlier this week, Pocketpair president Takuro Mizobe took to X.com to complain about a game in development at Tencent. The Chinese company is working on a mobile title inspired by Palworld.

So Mizobe has changed his tune and is no longer suggesting that Tencent is copying Palworld. On the contrary, the Pocketpair CEO is now proud to inspire other companies.

"To "accuse" someone of something, means to say they are doing something wrong. I don't think what Tencent is doing is wrong. I'm proud that other companies want to make games like Palworld. The industry historically innovates when we borrow ideas from games we love. I'm suprised that many high-quality mobile games are already in development."

It's quite the radical change of position from the initial statements made.

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