{"id":452933,"date":"2024-01-22T12:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=452933"},"modified":"2024-01-23T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:04:42","slug":"palworld-on-xbox-and-steam-have-different-versions-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/palworld-on-xbox-and-steam-have-different-versions-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld on Xbox and Steam have different versions &#8211; Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You may have noticed that at the bottom corner of your screen in<em> Palworld,<\/em> there is a string of numbers indicating what version you&#8217;re playing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/palworld-differences-between-game-pass-and-steam-versions-explained\/\">Steam and Xbox Game Pass<\/a> have different versions, and here&#8217;s why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/gaming\/palworld-dev-explains-steam-xbox-differences-missing-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows Central<\/a> highlighted comments from Pocketpair reps in the <em>Palworld<\/em> Discord server. There, Pocketpair&#8217;s community manager, Bucky, explained a bit about what&#8217;s going on with the different versions. The problem is that every game&#8217;s version has to go through Microsoft&#8217;s certification queue. This is something Pocketpair has no control over, though the team is &#8220;desperately trying to speed up,&#8221; it highlights on Discord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-1 wp-block-group\">\n<p>So there are actually two separate versions of the game, &#8220;because the fundamental architecture is different,&#8221; with version 1.2.0 awaiting certification from Microsoft. This isn&#8217;t an act of malice on Xbox&#8217;s part, though there are a few differences between the two versions. Though the version on Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox One claims multiplayer is available, it isn&#8217;t. Pocketpair also noted it&#8217;s aware of &#8220;serious bugs&#8221; impacting servers, multiplayer, and more in an update on Twitter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[About inquiries] <br>Currently, we have received over 50,000 inquiries. <br>We sincerely apologize for the delay in response from our support team. <br><br>The development team is aware of serious bugs that are occurring, such as being unable to enter servers, unable to play multiplayer,\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Palworld (@Palworld_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Palworld_EN\/status\/1749320138850267163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also minor differences &#8211; bugs, some would call a few of them &#8211; such as the occasional lack of console keys on screen but I&#8217;ve been lucky to avoid most of them. These will also be fixed eventually, and it will take time before &#8220;content parity&#8221; is reached between PC and Xbox. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s argued that Xbox isn&#8217;t necessarily &#8220;behind,&#8221; but yet it is. Our list of differences demonstrates that this is the case. Nevertheless, you can enjoy the game on Xbox Game Pass without really noticing you&#8217;re playing an earlier build. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until features parity is reached, keep collecting Pals, building weapons, and having fun with this survival game that shocked the world by being one of 2024&#8217;s first hits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two versions, two platforms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":855,"featured_media":452516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[478,22690,19112,19116,21827],"internal-label":[24340,24255],"invoiceable_action":[23730],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":855,"display_name":"Smangaliso Simelane","user_nicename":"smangaliso-simelane"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nitewing-mount.png?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Smangaliso Simelane","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/smangaliso-simelane\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nitewing-mount.png?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452933"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452982,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452933\/revisions\/452982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452933"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=452933"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=452933"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=452933"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=452933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}