ashecitism
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I remember DayZ topping it for long, but can't remember how long.
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PUBG is now the biggest game on Steam in history | over 2m CCU, beats Dota 2 peak
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I remember DayZ topping it for long, but can't remember how long.
Yeah, you're right. Another example is Bayonetta 2.
The only criteria should be the release year and FUN.
That said, PUBG is again a gritty/ugly shooter, and that would disappoint me if it won GAF's GOTY as it's not a very, let's say, elegantly designed game. But that's just my personal preferences for a GOTY.
PUBG gritty? Ugly maybe, but the game is so over the top with ridiculous moments I don't know how you could classify it as gritty.
I'm not sure if you are just talking about art, but PUBG is brilliantly designed. In a game where you can go 10+ minutes without seeing someone only to get shot in the back, it keeps millions of people coming back for more. It is an extremely well paced and balanced game.
Apparently I have the wrong definition for gritty. English isn't my first language.
Let's say militaristic/brownish/grayish with a realistic look.
Well if you're talking aesthetics wise I'd still disagree. It's actually quite colorful, but yes it does have a realistic look.
Sure buddy.
OT - Let me get this right, this is paid game correct? Wowzers. Really well done.
Exploratory
Banned
PUBG is great because it's not the type of game where you have to play for hrs. You can do 1 game and get off or you can do 10 games and stay on for hrs. Timthetatman, Shroud, DrDisrepect are three big streamers. Shroud is more a skill based streamer, Tim and Doc blend skill with entertainment.
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Member
It's a multiplayer with many players playing however they fit. Ridiculous moments are bound to exist in games like this. Just like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2FJ1BCuNgs
Saucycarpdog
Member
You almost sound like your discounting this success by saying "Yeah well a lot of it is Asia so you know..."
Reminds me of League whenever the numbers for it are brought up.
ashecitism
Member
Passed 1.5m
CosmicQueso
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texhnolyze
Banned
I wonder what's Destiny 2 number by today. Is it still growing or starting to plummeting?
They boasted their 1,2 million concurrent users the other week.
They boasted their 1,2 million concurrent users the other week.
They're past the initial post-release window where they're still rolling out content (like the raid) so it's guaranteed going down steadily at this point.
ashecitism
Member
It was 1.3m soon after.
hanspampel
Banned
yeah this is not going to stop any time soon
got that Minecraft deja vu?
Raylan Targaryen
Member
Almost has a higher peak than the next 4 games combined (Dota, CS, GTA and H1Z1)
wonder when it hits 2 mil.
wonder when it hits 2 mil.
hanspampel
Banned
Chinese PC players start to use Steam now in big numbers thanks to PUBG and CS:GO
CountAntonius
Member
Where is that damn create a player.
When they launch the desert map.
Something blowing up in a short amount of time is exactly what a fad is. The only way you'll be able to argue that it isn't a fad is if it's still going this strong a year from now.
I wonder if it was for the same reasons, whatever those might be. Having finally tried the game it doesn't scratch the same competitive itch Dota does for me but the passion for the game seems intense enough that I wonder if they could work out a competitive-mode and see how it does esports-wise. They have the playerbase and (unlike Overwatch) they have the viewership. We may have seen nothing yet.
Why a year from now?
What's the fad timeframe?
paperspace
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ChosenPredator
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It's always fascinating to see those comments, this game is stomping on everything and will continue to climb and break dreams, it's definitely GOTY.
unless something comes out of no where and randomly surprises everyone.
charlequin
Banned
As a general rule, any opinion about gaming that includes the word "fad" is useless unless very carefully justified otherwise. Gamers have a very poor understanding of the dynamics behind product success and the userbase curves for different types of games to begin with, and regularly attempt to overread negative scenarios into the facts out of an emotional investment in seeing something that bothers them for some reason fail. "Fad" in particular is used as a zero-value term that is intended to somehow erase something's success, because by simply asserting it (with no supporting evidence) it's implied that said success is meaningless, the result of arbitrary and whimsical choices by people that have no grounding in reality.
(In the case of something like PUBG with its near-unprecedented level of success this kind of argument is particularly absurd, of course.)
By this logic, every game that's not some sort of online multiplayer game is a fad.
Soulblighter31
Banned
JayWood2010
Member
That is great for them. Congrats.
I wont go so far as to say it is GoTY though.
I wont go so far as to say it is GoTY though.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i'm happy for them. it's a huge success. but yeah definitely not GOTY.
this year we've got games like Breath of the Wild, Horizon, Persona 5, Nier: Automata, Destiny 2, Divinity OS2, Cuphead, Hellblade and more which all deserve GOTY more than PUBG and we aren't even done with 2017 yet.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
The thing about PUBG is that it's also only on one platform currently.
Yearsoflurking
Member
this game is huge in China
ebullientprism
Member
But GAF told me this game was dead because of Fortnite.
Salty for WHAT, though? I don't understand how this game's success negatively impacts someone
That their opinion on something they may dislike or not understand is wrong. Yep, there are people out there like that.
But I'd say it's only about 20-30% of them, I honestly think the rest are just messing/meme'ing.
Soulblighter31
Banned
This train ain't stopping.
Congrats Bluehole.
GAF has made a lot of similar claims over the years. I always take it with a grain of salt. You should too.
Congrats Bluehole.
GAF has made a lot of similar claims over the years. I always take it with a grain of salt. You should too.
There ain't no gettin' offa this train we're on