H1Z1 PS4 Open Beta attracts a large number of players on the first day of launch

Battle Royale is probably one of the hottest genres right now, with Fortnite and PUBG dominating the market. However H1Z1 – arguably the first popular Battle Royale game – shows that there is still room for games of the same genre to squeeze in, after a promising first day of Open Beta on PS4.

H1Z1 has been absent from PC for a while. There was a time when this game was very successful thanks to its combat system and vehicles. Daybreak Games recently ported the game to PS4 under the name H1Z1: Battle Royale. The game has yet to announce when the beta will end, it looks like it will be free for quite some time.

H1Z1 has been quite successful from day one of beta launch – reaching over 200,000 players continuously – showing the promising future of the game. Despite all the efforts to create an eSports tournament, H1Z1 lost 91% of its players in just 3 months. Figures from PS4 show that H1Z1 still has a place, especially when at its peak on PC, H1Z1 only reached 150,000 concurrent players – much lower than the open beta on PS4.

If H1Z1 continues to gain popularity or growth, PS4 could be a resurgence signal for H1Z1. With a drop in players on PC, the game seems to be following in the footsteps of the Battle Royale game Radical Heights, which lost up to 82% of players after just two weeks of launch, causing Boss Key Productions to close.

Despite the impressive number of players, H1Z1’s launch on PS4 was not easy at all. With the number of players exceeding expectations, the server encountered many problems: some players were often separated from the group for some reason, waiting times were too long, and many people were unable to log into the game.

If Daybreak Games can handle server failures quickly, H1Z1 could have a promising future at PS4. While Fortnite has clearly found a foothold on the console – including partnering with Sony to launch exclusive content on PS4 – H1Z1 has the advantage of being the only Battle Royale game that looks like the real thing on the console. this machine. Let’s see how H1Z1 will stack up against Fortnite in the coming weeks.

H1Z1: Battle Royale is currently in Free Open Beta on PS4.

The source: Twitter