Once Dead Game, PUBG increased by 486% players after switching to free

PUBG suddenly revived.

As our company has reported, after a long period of release in the form of a fee, finally the game is dubbed the “Dead game” – PUBG has officially switched to the form of “No charge to Play”. ” on Steam. At the present time, just 1 normal account is that gamers can completely download and play this game completely for free.

PUBG’s move to a free form has caused controversy in the gaming society in recent days. Gamers who have spent a lot of money to own PUBG are quite frustrated while gamers who do not yet feel supportive of this decision in the Kfaton publishing room. After the official transition to Free to Play on January 12, PUBG quickly received thousands of bad reviews on the Steam platform.

Regardless, according to a recent report in the Krafton development and improvement department, after switching to the Free to Play form, PUBG’s growth rate has increased by 486% in terms of new players in the past year. last week. This metric far exceeds player growth compared to when PUBG first launched in 2017. Krafton also reported that new player growth was higher, at 537% in places like the Zone region. Southeast Asia and South America regions.

Krafton adds: At its peak, PUBG hit 690,000 “active” players on Steam as part of its transition to Free to Play. Not only are more and more people playing PUBG, but average playtime has increased by more than 100% on PC and consoles compared to the week before the change. And compared to the PlayStation, PUBG first-hand saw a 400% increase in average playtime, Krafton added.

Reportedly, released at the end of 2017 on Steam for $ 29.99, PUBG is becoming one of the biggest phenomena ever to appear in the heroic history of the global gaming industry. Not only bringing great success to the manufacturer, PUBG also laid the biggest brick for the improvement and development of the shooting and survival genre (Battle Royale). Since the launch of PUBG, a series of games of this genre have also officially appeared. Outstanding can completely talk about Fortnite, Call of Duty Warzone…

Since its release until now, PUBG has been significantly upgraded, receiving countless updates, new map forms, new features and two new mobile games, PUBG Mobile and PUBG New State. In the process of improvement and development, PUBG also encountered many challenges with overflowing hacks and cheats. There are times when many gamers have turned their backs on the game because the publisher cannot control the situation. Overall, however, PUBG is still considered a successful product in terms of both profit and image.