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PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS sells 4 million Early Access copies in 3 months

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PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, which we shall henceforth call PuBG because it’s not nice to shout at people, is a phenomenon. The Battle-Royale multiplayer game is still in early access, but it’s become an internet darling following its explosion on Twitch and other streaming services.

The massively multiplayer online survival game is what you could call a hit. In the three months that it’s been available in early access, it’s sold over four million copies. The game has sat near or at the top of Steam’s sales charts since its early access release, and it doesn’t look like there’s any chance of that letting up anytime soon.

Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene himself confirmed the milestone on Twitter

The game’s one of those odd, mythical, Early Access creatures that have actually had regular updates as promised – and the game keeps going from strength to strength. It’s one of the most popular games on Steam, coming in at fourth after Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Payday 2. It regularly has around a quarter million playing at any given time.

Though it’s fundamentally different from the likes of open survival games like DayZ, it shares the same roots as an ARMA mod. That mod, Battle Royale, was licenced to Daybreak’s H1Z1 as King of the Kill – but I think we can quite clearly see which game is King of the Hill.

At E3 last week, Microsoft announced that PuBG would come to the Xbox One (and X!) as a console launch exclusive. It may or may not make its way through to PlayStation 4 once the game is “complete,” because Sony’s not keen on the Early Access model.

Last Updated: June 23, 2017

22 Comments

  1. Kromas Ryder

    June 23, 2017 at 09:51

    The game was fun but it will start losing players soon. Hitbox and network code has not been fixed and it is the biggest complaint on the forums. I hit a guy in the face 5 times at point blank with a shotgun and he took no damage even though the blood splatter on my screen suggested otherwise.

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    • Admiral Chief

      June 23, 2017 at 10:05

      Git gud

      😛

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      • Viper_ZA

        June 23, 2017 at 11:39

        The more I play, the worse I get sometimes :/

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    • Skyblue

      June 23, 2017 at 21:45

      Play Quake Champions, local servers, be happy.

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      • Kromas Ryder

        June 24, 2017 at 02:30

        Then I might as well play Starcraft 2. Quake and PUBG are two completely different games.

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  2. Viper_ZA

    June 23, 2017 at 11:21

    Getting some chicken dinner is more luck than skill I’m afraid!

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  3. Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd

    June 23, 2017 at 12:01

    And it still didn’t make it onto the Steam Summer Sale …

    Still keen to get though.

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    • Skyblue

      June 23, 2017 at 21:44

      Day 1, it’s Day 1. I didn’t find any goodies either today #sadpanda

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