There wouldn’t be. Person from the top of the chain presumably hasn’t actually read up on things here and just jumped to conclusions.
Pocketpair (Palworld dev) is also a Japanese company.
It got GOTY at Game Awards, beating out Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls 2, Hearthstone and Shadows of Mordor.
There wouldn’t be. Person from the top of the chain presumably hasn’t actually read up on things here and just jumped to conclusions.