Pals in their Summer of Rewards Pal Skins
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Palworld: Xbox players are feeling left out by Steam-exclusive Twitch drops

Frustratingly cute

Palworld has teamed up with Twitch as part of the Summer of Rewards event, offering three brand new Pal ꦆSkins for players on Steam. They’re bizarrely adorable cosmetics, and they’re relatively easy to get, but onl🦋y as long as you play through Steam. 

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This is proving to be something of a sticking point for players who play Palworld on Xbox, and honestly, I can see why. I wouldn’t have known that these drops were exclusive to Steam players from Palworld’s social media posts alone, as it’s not explicitly stated anywhere. I only figured it out for myself when I was asked to link my Twitch and Steam accounts through the Palworld website. 

Comments on social media are filled with Xbox players noting the unfairness of the whole situation, and I can’t say I blame them. Many players are missing out on unique Pal Skins because they play on the “wrong” platform. These are the first Pal Skins to drop outside of the single existing one, Cattiva Sunglasses, which was added as part of the Sakurajima update, and they’re not available to everybody.

Palworld isn’t the only game giving items away in the Summer of Rewards event. Many other games give in-game items in return for watching streamers play. However, as far as I can tell, Palworld is the only one ⛎limiting their drops in this fashion. 

Cult of the Lamb, which is also part of the Summer of Rewards, is also giving exclusive items to Steam players, but there’s a huge difference: The items are only exclusive to the single platform for now. The Goat-themed item𒅌s are being given to Steam players as a sort of Early Access and will be coming to players on൩ all other platforms at a later date. 

There have been no such reassurances from Pocketpair that players on any platform other than Steam can get the Pal Skins, and therein lies the problem. Here’s hoping that Pal Skins, or any other potential future Twitch drops, are more inclusive of players.


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