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[Mista]

Last year was interesting for PUBG Corp, the team working on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. According to its latest financial reports, it garnered $920 million in revenue, $310 million which was profit. The split is even more interesting with PC garnering $790 million in revenue while mobile accounted for $65 million and consoles made up $60 million.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Developer Reports $310 Million Profit for 2018

The PC version leads in revenue generated, with $790 million.

gamingbolt.com

 

[angelic]

Tomorrow: we've laid 300 people off.

 

[Mista]

Tomorrow: we've laid 300 people off.

Won’t happen to them. They’re making shit ton of money

 

[angelic]

Won’t happen to them. They’re making shit ton of money

That's the joke, so were acti.

 

[kraspkibble]

not a fan of the game but well done to them.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

It's crazy-impressive to me -- an outsider to the general "multiplayer on a big map" / Battle Royale format -- that PUBG survives to this day in spite of its competitors.

When it came out, it was incredibly rough around the edges so I figured that when AAA publishers showed up with Fortnite, CoD BR in Black Ops 4, and Apex, little PUBG would die off.

 

[Hestar69]

"Consoles made up $60 million." Maybe if the game didn't run like shit on xbox (No clue for ps4 Only own xbox version) They could've made more off skins and battle pass..

Two years later & the game still runs and look so bad on xbox..Even going to your characters customization page is laggy as hell. I played this weekend and the last game I played,I fell through the map at water treatment and all I could do is wait for zone to kill me. Luckily my friends still won the game.

I can't wait for them to make this game playable on consoles or for this company to go bankrupt.

 

[Grinchy]

Only $310M? I know that's a ton of profit, but I'm just surprised by how much it costs to keep this game running. I guess the total revenue doesn't tell us how much of that money actually gets sent to PUBG Corp itself. It also shows you that the game wasn't generating $100M in revenue per month consistently like many were assuming.

 

[mckmas8808]

Only $310M? I know that's a ton of profit, but I'm just surprised by how much it costs to keep this game running. I guess the total revenue doesn't tell us how much of that money actually gets sent to PUBG Corp itself. It also shows you that the game wasn't generating $100M in revenue per month consistently like many were assuming.

It was close. Probably around $75 million per month.

 

[Sentenza]

It's crazy-impressive to me -- an outsider to the general "multiplayer on a big map" / Battle Royale format -- that PUBG survives to this day in spite of its competitors.

There's still nothing exactly like it, honestly.
All the "competitors" have a fairly different vibe/feeling.
PUBG is still the only one (among the big titles) with the pretense to be somewhat realistic and close to a proper simulation.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

There's still nothing exactly like it, honestly.
All the "competitors" have a fairly different vibe/feeling.
PUBG is still the only one (among the big titles) with the pretense to be somewhat realistic and close to a proper simulation.

That's fair.

 

[A.Romero]

I haven't been able to get into it but I can see it making this much money. Feels very different from the rest, it has it's own identity despite the similarities. Like comparing burnout to Shift.

 

[Night.Ninja]

i love the game so addictive and i play on console.

Im not a fan on the real world prices for the cosmetics but i just don't buy them

 

[Mista]

i love the game so addictive and i play on console.

Im not a fan on the real world prices for the cosmetics but i just don't buy them

I’m still surprised of the game’s popularity. The mechanics is so garbage I can’t stand it yet there’re MILLIONS playing this game

 

[Night.Ninja]

I’m still surprised of the game’s popularity. The mechanics is so garbage I can’t stand it yet there’re MILLIONS playing this game

The game is

No other game come close to giving you that feeling,

 

[Mista]

The game is

No other game come close to giving you that feeling,

Not into BR but surprisingly Apex Legends gave me that satisfaction. Beautiful gunplay and team work is a must

 

[MightySquirrel]

PUBG at 60 fps on next-gen will dominate console BR space. The gameplay is so much more rewarding than other BR's.