Meh. I play both and enjoy both. They play completely different. PUBG is sweaty try hard and Fortnite is arcady fun. Both give the same adrenaline pumping when you are in the final circle. They just go about it in different ways.
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PUBG dev Bluehole concerned over Fortnite's Battle Royale [Up: Background Both Sides]
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Meh. I play both and enjoy both. They play completely different. PUBG is sweaty try hard and Fortnite is arcady fun. Both give the same adrenaline pumping when you are in the final circle. They just go about it in different ways.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
I stand corrected.
Papacheeks
Banned
PUBG's concept isn't new.
People have had it before, so why do they even care? They have a competitive game that as 10 Million plus people, there' s no way fortnite is even touching that.
Also how many people are actually playing fortnite? And how good is shooting in that game compared to PUBG which has innards from ARMA which makes the shooting really good.
People have had it before, so why do they even care? They have a competitive game that as 10 Million plus people, there' s no way fortnite is even touching that.
Also how many people are actually playing fortnite? And how good is shooting in that game compared to PUBG which has innards from ARMA which makes the shooting really good.
Niceguydan8
Member
I've played both and I think in terms of BR, Fortnite is an inferior experience in most instances. The building stuff is a neat addition, but I think PUBG just does the whole experience a lot better.
I don't think people will be ditching PUBG in order to play Fortnite BR, for example.
I don't see how that's funny.
Mr. Phellps
Member
What really worries them is that Fortnite's mode will be F2P, and available on the biggest console platform worldwide long before PUBG even announces they will be coming to the PS4, which they can't even do right now. So if Epic pulls it off, this will cannibalize on PUBG's sales when it finally launches on consoles.
But hey, you made a little game, it went viral, became insanely popular, it was inevitable that other publishers would strike while the iron is hot and ride the tide of the new found popularity of the genre. Buy you also made a shit ton of money from it, so put that money to good use and give players a reason to prefer PUBG over Fornite's BR. This is capitalism, after all. It's a battleground of its own.
But hey, you made a little game, it went viral, became insanely popular, it was inevitable that other publishers would strike while the iron is hot and ride the tide of the new found popularity of the genre. Buy you also made a shit ton of money from it, so put that money to good use and give players a reason to prefer PUBG over Fornite's BR. This is capitalism, after all. It's a battleground of its own.
MisterShine
Member
Right, but the ideas he has while working for a company don't belong to him: they belong to the company. If anything, the H1Z1 or DayZ folks should be calling up their lawyers because PUBG looks mighty similar to the things PU helped them make in the first place. This same shit happened with VR between Bethesda and Oculus.
Even Xbox one owners will have it before PUBG releases there.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
Yup. 100% the same. :/
Faithless Mr.
Neo Member
Has any free to play game even succeeded on that platform. The only advantage Fortnite will have is being first in the platform. But don't be mistaken. PS4 players will buy PUBG once it's out. Whether they've played fortnite beforehand is irrelevant.
That's kinda subjective - I much perfer Fornite to PUBG. Plus - if it beats it to console - once you get people weaned on Fortnite Pepsi there's no way they're going to Coca Cola PUBG.
SlickShoes
Member
It's a bus not a plane, you use a glider to descend, there are no vehicles, you can build structures and existing ones are destructible. That's a fair amount different from just watching a ten minute video.
Polish you're game and get it out of early access and you won't have to be concerned. Clones being announced after the fact, releasing sooner, and potentially stifling your growth is a problem the inventors of the battle royale genre made for themselves.
Besides, you're not the first guys to have your game referenced by advertising and press material. PUBG is not the Dark Souls of battle royale games.
Besides, you're not the first guys to have your game referenced by advertising and press material. PUBG is not the Dark Souls of battle royale games.
Okay, that convinced me. Time to download Fortnight
TimeEffect
Member
Id like an alternative. All of this makes me hopeful for socom as an aside. Like, people are enjoying round based slow games and its all i wanted.
Why does pubg develop so slow anyway? If an alternative can do more Id be down. Especially on ps4
Well MAG did it with 256
PackAPunchedMick
Member
Because you're comparing a game mode that has been available for less than a week to a £30 game that has had months and months of additions and updates.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Felix Lighter
Member
You are confused. The Battle Royale genre was invented by PU before H1Z1 and was originally a mod for Arma, not DayZ. H1Z1 devs hired him to add the game mode he invented to their game. There is no dispute there,
CaptainofIndustry
Member
I agree with this. It happens all the time. Everybody was trying to make the Halo-killer, COD-killer, etc....and now its PUBG. I havent played either game, but Fortnite intrigues me more than PUBG. It looks more polished and the building aspect seems like a worthwhile addition to that particular game style. Big publishers obviously see whats going on and are going to replicate it.
Niceguydan8
Member
What's wrong/funny with that comparison? Both are available for my time and I think the better experience is the paid one by a landslide
It just seems so petty for Bluehole to even care about this. Fortnite won't dethrone the PUBG hype unless PUBG messes up real bad. Instead of whining about competition, why not just let their game (and sales) speak for themselves?
superNESjoe
Member
1. It's immensely popular and establishing a new side-genre. Of course people are gonna imitate it. Get used to it, same thing happened with MOBAs.
2. Guys, seriously, you are the top game on Steam and the game has an extreme sell rate and active player base. You are not hurting for money, you're successful, and no imitators are going to take away the revenue you've already made. Some of us release games and can barely feed ourselves.
2. Guys, seriously, you are the top game on Steam and the game has an extreme sell rate and active player base. You are not hurting for money, you're successful, and no imitators are going to take away the revenue you've already made. Some of us release games and can barely feed ourselves.
Spartancarver
Member
PUBG exec contemplating 'further action' over Fortnite Battle Royale similarities
Cool, guess we should keep an eye out for Fortnite to be riddled with bugs, server desync, and performance issues while simultaneously having microtransactions added and a premature Gamescom tourney thrown for it.
Real talk, Bluehole have had plenty of time to fix their game and make it attractive for people to stay in.
Their game is in Early Access, and bugs are expected. Fine. Adding microtransactions and throwing an e-sports tournament for the game while the game still had massively glaring, game-disrupting bugs was a shitty move. Especially since most of those major bugs have persisted through multiple patches and are still present, in addition to now new bugs that have been added by the most recent patch.
If they lose players to Fortnite, it's because Fortnite is providing a better experience. If Bluehold were confident in their product, this wouldn't be an issue. Other studios were always going to release their own version of Battle Royale games after seeing PUBG's success. The only "further action" Bluehole should be taking should be to actually fix the major issues with their game and improve the experience.
I'm sure there are plenty of PUBG fans that will brush my post off as a "hot take" or "trolling" or whatever, but that's my viewpoint after 100+ hours spent in PUBG.
Cool, guess we should keep an eye out for Fortnite to be riddled with bugs, server desync, and performance issues while simultaneously having microtransactions added and a premature Gamescom tourney thrown for it.
Real talk, Bluehole have had plenty of time to fix their game and make it attractive for people to stay in.
Their game is in Early Access, and bugs are expected. Fine. Adding microtransactions and throwing an e-sports tournament for the game while the game still had massively glaring, game-disrupting bugs was a shitty move. Especially since most of those major bugs have persisted through multiple patches and are still present, in addition to now new bugs that have been added by the most recent patch.
If they lose players to Fortnite, it's because Fortnite is providing a better experience. If Bluehold were confident in their product, this wouldn't be an issue. Other studios were always going to release their own version of Battle Royale games after seeing PUBG's success. The only "further action" Bluehole should be taking should be to actually fix the major issues with their game and improve the experience.
I'm sure there are plenty of PUBG fans that will brush my post off as a "hot take" or "trolling" or whatever, but that's my viewpoint after 100+ hours spent in PUBG.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
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gunslikewhoa
Member
lol first at what?
Like I said in the Fortnite battle royal thread. This shit is blatant. In that thread some posters explain it as DC biting off Marvel's movie universe. This is more copy and paste and more like Epic telling a team to blatantly make a mode like PUBG. They didn't even try to hide that fact. I can't support that.
TimeEffect
Member
How much you want to bet Days Gone ships with an apocalyptic battle royale mode?
Im hoping its last of us, but actually days gone is just the same.
Only thing is, First person is what people enjoy. PUBGs TPP seems to be what they want to get away from
But all of this wont be as successful because it comes off as an add on
We need a dedicated multiplayer game. If only zipper was still around
PackAPunchedMick
Member
"Yeah, we made a PvP mode for Fortnite. We love Battle Royale games like PUBG and thought Fortnite would make a great foundation for our own version."
I can see why bluehole are pissed, wtf?!?!?!
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
Mario lawsuit against Sonic incoming. Tetris lawsuit against Puyo Puyo incoming. Etc etc
? He didn't have the idea under any company. He made the Arma mod by himself. He very much owned it, which is why H1Z1 Devs literally went to him to license their King of the Hill mode. "DayZ folks" would never be able to "call up their lawyers"
ashecitism
Member
This was a statement, not an interview.
Darkstorne
Member
Cool. Now the Hunger Games author can sue PUBG right? Followed by the Battle Royale author suing the Hunger Games' author. /s
What a strange thing to complain about. Fads like this will always be cloned. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery etc. Time to either double down on your game to ensure it remains the industry leader like WoW did, staying one step ahead of the competition, or (more likely given the lack of finances compared to competition) it's time to move on and bring a fresh idea to light, which from a mind like his will no doubt be adored by many once again =)
What a strange thing to complain about. Fads like this will always be cloned. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery etc. Time to either double down on your game to ensure it remains the industry leader like WoW did, staying one step ahead of the competition, or (more likely given the lack of finances compared to competition) it's time to move on and bring a fresh idea to light, which from a mind like his will no doubt be adored by many once again =)
Shai-Tan
Banned
I don't see how there is a legal case against copying a game mode unless they somehow are taking code or were breaking some agreement to copy elements that were not public at the time they were working on it i.e. if it's merely copying how a game plays they're just whining. it would be very bad if there was a turn towards trying to lock down features through patents
This is just me, but I would ditch PUBG for any somewhat popular clone that plays roughly the same but actually runs good. The huge fluctuations in framerate is extremely annoying. Look in one direction and get 110+ fps, turn around and plummet down to 50-60. Even on a g-sync monitor this feels terrible to me who never really want anything less than 100fps in a shooter.
Felix Lighter
Member
Irrelevant to what? Legal action? I'm sure. This discussion? It's completely relevant when accusations that PU ripped off HIZ1 are being thrown around.
Death Penalty
Member
Hiring off staff from another company is different from hiring the guy who was the sole creator of a mod you wanted to emulate. You're not hiring a portion of the staff, if you hire this guy you're obviously looking to copy what he's already done. H1Z1 was based heavily off of the mod PU developed, he was paid for his services and freely offering up his ideas. The key point here is that H1Z1 was copying him, and calling PUBG H1Z1 alike falls apart on inspection when they're both emulating a mod that the creative director of PUBG was the creator of.
TimeEffect
Member
Doubt theyll lose to fortnite
A game like this benefits from realistic/military setting and themes I think.
But theyll surely lose some popularity to someone who can put out more maps and content faster than them
dugdug
Banned
Yikes.
Umm ok?
How much you get paid for this post?
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