I figure we haven't had a new thread since it sold 10 million, so it seemed about time.
Owners: 14,994,059 ± 112,396
Source: http://steamspy.com/app/578080
Owners: 14,994,059 ± 112,396
Source: http://steamspy.com/app/578080
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) sells [16] million copies
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SuperBanana
Banned
The rate it's increasing is absolutely insane.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
If only it had loot boxes. /S
Seriously those numbers are stupid, that's incredible
Seriously those numbers are stupid, that's incredible
Goty confirmed
I still haven't played it
Vyse The Legend
Member
It does...
Obliterator
Member
The insane thing is where does it level off at? Like it shows zero signs of stopping and there is still the console version to come
It's gonna cross 20 million in no time
It's gonna cross 20 million in no time
Tyraniboah
Member
We're going to get so many games with battle royale modes in the next few years. I've yet to grab it, but I certainly will soon
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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Huge Succeeded
Banned
it never stops
46% of recent purchases are from China, more from East Asia as a whole if you include Korea. It's definitely doing well in its home territory, better than the West.
Unreal... I remember thinking that it must be close to peaking when it hit 6m copies sold like 2 months ago. Instead it's nearly tripled.
According to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games wikipedia page listing best-selling PC games, it has now surpassed WoW as 3rd best-selling behind Minecraft and Terraria.
According to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games wikipedia page listing best-selling PC games, it has now surpassed WoW as 3rd best-selling behind Minecraft and Terraria.
SunBroDave
Member
But is it GOTY worthy??
Iriscomeback
Member
And I still haven't tried it, maybe it's time.
This must be China etc right?? I feel like the development cycle has slowed to a crawl and haven't touched it in weeks (of course I am me, and not you, but I can't be alone in this).
I just hope they can add a map, improve server performance (like when I see blood I want it to register as a hit at least occasionally), fix (if they do) vehicle physics, add vaulting / better player controls, optimize it extensively, and do something for directional sounds to not be as vague as they are for anyone not rocking 7.1, then I'll be back for 1.0. (I will certainly pop in for a random match now and then before then though)
(I just have this sense that this will enter a period of 'dev hell' like so many other EA titles that were so close to 'done' before they realized they weren't close).
I just hope they can add a map, improve server performance (like when I see blood I want it to register as a hit at least occasionally), fix (if they do) vehicle physics, add vaulting / better player controls, optimize it extensively, and do something for directional sounds to not be as vague as they are for anyone not rocking 7.1, then I'll be back for 1.0. (I will certainly pop in for a random match now and then before then though)
(I just have this sense that this will enter a period of 'dev hell' like so many other EA titles that were so close to 'done' before they realized they weren't close).
Jawmuncher
Member
China loves them some TPS
It's been a popular genre in China for a while. H1Z1 was quite successful there too.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Regional pricing (its 98 RMB there, around 15$).
Chinese like those games. H1Z1 is also huge there.
Maintenance
Member
Abilidebob
Member
The most surprising thing, for me, is that Japan is eating it up too. It even surpassed Brazil, a country with a strong PC playerbase. And everyone around here is playing it, so the thought that Japan has more players than us is mind blowing.
Jawbreaker
Member
Jesus, this shows no signs of slowing down.
AdventureRacing
Member
Clearly a huge portion of sales are coming from China but looking at that graph it's still selling really well in the rest of the world.
Abilidebob
Member
Chinese and Korean owners play the game more than other regions.
Imp the Dimp
Member
I don't like most shooters and this has been great fun to me. I think if they add vaulting as well as improve the gunplay and controls in general a bit, this will go down as one of the best shooters. It's certainly one of the most tense and captivating ones I've payed.
immortald3ath
Member
We should have a new thread for every copy sold.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
wow, I wonder how many they will sell.
Daffy Duck
Member
Just a fad.
Vyse The Legend
Member
That might be poking fun of the notion that, because it is still Early Access, PUBG should not be considered for GOTY awards despite selling a fuckton.
It's what percent of the playerbase in the last two weeks comes from those regions versus the geographic breakdown of all the game's owners.
Please...
charlequin
Banned
Because of how stupid it is that people who are mad about multiplayer games want to talk about how it isn't GOTY-worthy, mostly.
They're each percentages of the whole so it just means a larger portion of Chinese owners are playing on average in each two week period. (Which doesn't seem weird, an owner in China is more likely to have this as their primary game they're currently playing than someone in the US.)
Yeah it's actually pretty darn big in Japan. Who would have thought?