Palworld Dev Says Massive Profits Are ‘Too Big for a Studio With Our Size to Handle’
Palworld Dev Says Massive Profits Are ‘Too Big for a Studio With Our Size to Handle’
The boss of Palworld developer Pocketpair has said the company can’t handle the massive profits the game has generated.
Could he not use the excess profits to pay the employees a massive bonus for the success that they created?
Yes, all a nice retirement fund and they can make the game. Hire some additional people. No need to become a mega corp
I often wonder exactly what the pathway is to a company growing in response to a huge influx of cash.
It seems like a company could simply not let itself be transformed, but it never happens.
Why not? Is it in the nature of people who run companies that they can’t constrain themselves from 10x-ing the staff? Are there Men in Black type folks who show up and start threatening you if you don’t try to grow the company?
Even if they gave every employee a ¥10,000,000 bonus, they would still have ~95% of the money left over.
Windfalls like this cannot be taking lightly and need to be approached strategically. It depends heavily on tax laws and employee finances overall.
Some common got rich quick concerns off the top of my head: Could accidentally knock people into a higher tax bracket and ruin their finances long term for short term gain. Could accidentally give someone collateral to take out a massive loan they cannot afford long term. Could make someone in a low income area a target before they have a chance to move out. Could accidentally get double taxed by doing the payout incorrectly because they're not practiced with handling this much money. Could overinvest it all back into the company and burn too brightly negating all their success. Doing nothing and simply using it as cash reserves is better than making a foolish mistake and ruining it for themselves.
These are all ludicrous.
Could accidentally knock people into a higher tax bracket and ruin their finances long term for short term gain.
This makes zero sense. Read up on how tax brackets actually work. Hitting higher tax brackets doesn't mean your existing income is taxed at the higher rate. No "ruining."
Could accidentally give someone collateral to take out a massive loan they cannot afford long term.
Wtf is this paternalistic BS. They could buy drugs or guns too!! 😱
Doing nothing and simply using it as cash reserves is better than making a foolish mistake and ruining it for themselves.
Nah. Pay people.
This is probably the most ridiculous comment I’ll read on Lemmy all year and it’s only March. Wow.
Woah, do you actually believe earning more means you'll be taxed cruelly? Actually, you are only taxed more on the income FROM that bracket. Not all income the same
Lmfao
Could end up calibrating someone’s “earning potential” super high for the sake of calculating child support.
But couldn’t most of these be avoided by structuring the bonus as some sort of annuity?
OK y'all, fine, OP's higher tax bracket take is off target. But if you're suggesting sudden and massive wealth increases for these employees? Yeah, that's kinda fraught.
OP makes some discussion worthy points. And I agree, sit on the reserves as cash and think on it. Meanwhile, nothing leads me to believe Pocketpair isn't doling out fat bonus stacks. They're private, they're not advertising compensation and it's none of your business.
I work for a software dev in America, we get fat bonuses every year, on top of what's guaranteed, because we keep making more than anticipated.
On top of that, imagine having "developed Palworld" on your resume. Jesus. Golden ticket there.
tl;dr: Most small companies and individuals are not prepared for this sort of success. Sudden influxes of cash must be navigated carefully.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Explain how!
What could a banana cost, Michael?
I mean it sort of makes sense from a business perspective. The amount of rapid scaling is something you can get wrong very easily.
But yeah a lot of big ass bonus checks is a good start.
Yep, it's an amusing headline which makes it perfect for this community but it's a genuine problem that needs to be navigated carefully. But as far as problems go this is a pretty damn good one to have.
Hey, if they have an issue with too much money, they can always give me some, that I can handle it for sure
Hey, if they have an issue with too much money, they can always give me some, that I can handle it for sure
Just want to reiterate for those who haven't had the joy of seeing it the first time: https://www.palworld.com is an insane website.
Finally I understand that time is cubic
Clearly you have been touched by Sophia-Wisdom.
that website smells like dr bronner's soap
What the fuck is this game about??
Its very similar to ark survival and the open world Conan game. There's love you can find in hidden diaries and there are goals that involve upgrading your base and killing bosses. What makes it stand out to the others is that it is basically Pokémon. If you're into the previously mentioned games, I think it's great
What the hell did I just read?
Big TimeCube energy
Looks like one those scp wiki sub-websites
AAAAAHHH!!!!
I'm getting too much money!
This shit don't mean nothing to me, man.
Haters in shambles. They stay pickin' the corn out of my shit. This Smith & Wesson got me movin' like an invasive species. I got Midas touch, fuck boi! Bitch so bad, I made her shit in my chopped cheese. I'm at the bank about to withdraw all of it. These Valentinos are from Milan, you fucking idiot. That Fentanyl gave me Vitruvian Man flexibility, got me in a state of rigor mortis. Caught a broke boy trying to come up on my Amazon package, so I skinned his ass alive.
Pokemon with guns and more slavery…
“How could someone make money with such a stupid idea?”
“And how could you NOT make money with such a BRILLIANT idea!”
The Palworld devs sound like they are very switched on, its a good thing that they recognise that their epic success can bring with it headaches.
Right on! They should drop some fat bonuses and sit tight for a minute while they figure this out. It's a good problem to have, but it's still a problem.
Palworld:
Oh this is something i can surely help with, here is my iban: IT54500-....
Yeah they should just add content. No need to throw All that money around. Bonuses, nice office.. these guys are set for life and can just make the labor of love they started
At least they can afford lawyers now lol
Glock 34 shivered his timbers
Imagine being so brainwashed by your Robber Baron overlords that you literally think: More money = less money. Sad.
They should use the money to buy lawyers for when Nintendo sues them, and give Nintendo a fight for once.
Nintendo/TPCI would've already sued if they had a case
So they can afford to make the game free now. It's made back the money that in used to make and it's made a fair profit. No reason for them to continue charging for it outside of greed.
