MetalGearZed
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I just hope it has legs and people just don't abandon it for the next hot thing.
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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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Just saw some videos and while it does look fun, I fail to see what's the fuss about, let alone the goty awards posts and articles.
littleworm
Member
All they got to do is run a new crate for one weekend only, and I bet they smash 2 million.
Exploratory
Banned
It's been the "new hot thing" for months. What do you consider legs?
cr_blah_blah
Member
Every single action and move you make contributes to your survival or death. It's a tension people would be oblivious to if they don't know what they're actually watching.
Some people complain that it's boring to see someone run across the field, but when you're playing it's probably one of the most terrifying things you can do because you have no idea where there are eyes on you, completely leaving you exposed.
Extrapolate that out to just moving in a house or reloading your gun. There's tension in every action.
McBradders
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Oof. What a beast. My goty without question, it's too good.
ez. Can't wait to see how it performs over the holidays.
pretty done
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That's fine. I fail to see what's the fuzz about Uncharted 4, it still won.
hanspampel
Banned
Nothing will hit until late 2018 or beyond.
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
The most fun I had all year playing a game, so it's a GOTY to me
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
Yes, they matter. Bots were fixed last patch.
cr_blah_blah
Member
and henceforth - a narrative was born.
charlequin
Banned
For an individual person? No reason. For someone curating a list (including websites, magazines, and our own NeoGAF GOTY thread)? You've gotta have some set of rules to keep everyone participating on the same page, and with the types of release plans we have these days it'll never be exactly right for everyone.
lol
Alex_Mexico
Member
What happened in July that made the game spike like that in popularity? From March until June it was growing at a more steady and slower pace. What gives?
I imagine it's because the "right" people got a hold of it, streamed it, and people saw it all at once.
ATOMICJORGE
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This game it's going to sell Xbox consoles, congratulations to the devs
Alex_Mexico
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Can an early access game that's not really out yet qualify for GOTY?
OrbitalBeard
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McBradders
NeoGAF: my new HOME
Yes of course why shouldn't it be? :/
This is why the only GOTY thread that matters is SteamGAF GOTY. Not because it is Steam related, but because it has awesome diversity. Top 50 and beyond tend to all be super interesting even when votes vary so much
Atom Heart Mother
Banned
I don't really care -- it's already out there and ready to be played. Let it be qualified. Especially since it's the biggest game of the year (and fun to boot). It's a game that I've had the most fun playing all year, so yes it is my GOTY. No game has come close to PUBG this year.
I really wish PUBG detractors would try the game, you'd have a blast!
iRAWRasaurus
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No idea but That's around the time my friends told me I should buy it.
It's still a game you can play... If many people find it more fun than the rest, why arbitrarily limit it to "complete" games?
If people have spent money on it and the average owned has played for dozens of hours, I'd say it's as "out" as it needs to be. Hell, it's in no less of a "released" state than any other service game.
A reasonable priced One S + PUGB bundle would be successful in USA, that's for sure.
No. One cannot say things like "everybody pirates it" for real.
Raylan Targaryen
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people hesitant to buy because everyone thought pubg was gonna end up like the culling
by july most people knew "ok this is the real deal"
Man i've never taken the time to actually look into the game, but I do remember the days of GAF H1Z1. Is it strictly solo survival, because it looks kinda fun. Also do you have to aim down sights to stand a chance? Because third person + normal crosshair aiming at medium range would be awesome.
Quite salty reply there.
Cultural game of the year sure, just like Pokémon Go was
Not close to the actual best game of the year imo
That's a new way to say "flavor of the X, meme game" so at least you deserve points for that
Also, disqualifying this game for GOTY awards would show a disconnect with the state of the industry. The game has like 10 million owners at this point, who is anyone to tell them it's not their favorite game of the year? What a "released" game is very nebulous these days, especially considering many games significantly change after their release date as well.
It's not survival so much as a deliberately paced deathmatch on a huge map. The play area is constantly shrinking so you have to stay on the move. You can play solo, duo, or in a squad of 3/4 and each mode has its own servers. You can freely jump back and forth between third and first person unless you're playing on a first person only server.
For individuals, it can absolutely be someone goty but I think like others have said it can't be considered for outlets until it's officially released and not early access. It's makes perfect sense why this is the case.
cr_blah_blah
Member
4 of the last 5 GAF GOTYs have been Sony Exclusives.
Dont put the thoughts of other people into boxes that you made up for yourself.
PUBG is a good game and I have no idea what your reference to memes is.
As for wether it "qualifies" I don't really see what difference it makes. It's just a bunch of nerds writing a list of games. Write whatever you want.
rokkerkory
Member
Game is gonna be huge on the 1X
Soooo... like every company?
They dont have a publisher lol
Could be a legit system seller I think.
Riposte
Member
I've read a couple of these Battlegrounds sells X milestone threads and every single one seems to break down to people snipping at each other over GOTY. It's kind reminiscent of when The Last of Us was used to derail a bunch of threads, because, "omg GOTY".
Thing is, it's such a dumb excuse to bring up that discussion, because sales has always been a minor part of it (I would think most people who are championing BG would admit that, so it's odd to answer this thread, or the few before it, with "yes, NOW, BG is the GOTY"). The games BG is dethroning on Steam, which utterly dwarf all the other games on the service, weren't picked as #1 GOTY and neither were even bigger phenomenons like Pokemon GO. I honestly can't tell if this all started people because are upset by this state of affairs (to which I say, who cares, your game doesn't become "better" because it's called "GOTY" or if it sells more copies) or if people believe this implies an underlying set of rules that BG doesn't qualify for (kind of silly since GOTY is just a phrase to highlight someone's personal choice). EDIT: Oh, I guess I could be overlooking the whole console warz/console kiddies/weebs vs PC master race angle.
Thing is, it's such a dumb excuse to bring up that discussion, because sales has always been a minor part of it (I would think most people who are championing BG would admit that, so it's odd to answer this thread, or the few before it, with "yes, NOW, BG is the GOTY"). The games BG is dethroning on Steam, which utterly dwarf all the other games on the service, weren't picked as #1 GOTY and neither were even bigger phenomenons like Pokemon GO. I honestly can't tell if this all started people because are upset by this state of affairs (to which I say, who cares, your game doesn't become "better" because it's called "GOTY" or if it sells more copies) or if people believe this implies an underlying set of rules that BG doesn't qualify for (kind of silly since GOTY is just a phrase to highlight someone's personal choice). EDIT: Oh, I guess I could be overlooking the whole console warz/console kiddies/weebs vs PC master race angle.
Won't it be huge for Xbox in general? Unless I'm mistaken and the X has exclusive games.
Yeah I agree but I've finished that game. I'll try to play this but not having a decent PC or an Xbox doesn't make it likely...