So when is PUBG going f2p (free to play)?

[DarwiN_SLR]

The numbers keep falling. These days if you wanna play SOLO TPP in EU, after 23 o'clock there are only bots left.. Games with ~17 players and ~83 bots.

And given how many different maps and modes PUBG has, the player base is simply not big enough anymore.. Not even close. And it's getting worse by the day!

So there really aren't many solutions, right? Either eliminate some maps/modes, or go f2p to save a dying game. I mean, the game currently costs ~8€, so it's not that they are'nt aware of the problem.. They already lowered the price to minimum.

So when do you guys reckon PUBG is going f2p? I bet it's going to happen in the next 6 months.

[Lega]

Two regions are enough to keep PUBG as it it now. KAKAO/Koreas and AS.

Both together have 80% of the player base. They can't leave PUBG because of cheating, they have the cheater problem in all other shooters there too.

Only the performance could be a reason there.
I don't think that PUBG will go the way of free to play.

When cheater don't need to pay anything anymore, cheating will become much more rapant as now.

Btw, I see, the spam accounts return to Steam.... Hope not.

[76561199034452234]

how do you know its bot? (other than standing still)

[DarwiN_SLR]

In June daily player peak was ~550k, today it's hovering around 330k and falling. The number nearly halved in less than 4 months. I know it's a cliche, but this game really is dying..

A few months ago it started happening that after midnight you couldn't find matches in EU TPP anymore.. Actually you do find a match, but with ~80 bots and 20 players. My guess is this was their main reason for adding bots in the first place.

Now I started noticing this trend during daylight also. You start the game and you are the only parachuter. You immediately know there are 80 bots present..

So we are nearing the end. Certainly here in the EU.

[Lega]

DarwiN_SLR님이 먼저 게시:

In June daily player peak was ~550k, today it's hovering around 330k and falling. The number nearly halved in less than 4 months. I know it's a cliche, but this game really is dying..

A few months ago it started happening that after midnight you couldn't find matches in EU TPP anymore.. Actually you do find a match, but with ~80 bots and 20 players. My guess is this was their main reason for adding bots in the first place.

Now I started noticing this trend during daylight also. You start the game and you are the only parachuter. You immediately know there are 80 bots present..

So we are nearing the end. Certainly here in the EU.

Its very simple to check your number by your self.

Peak players June 546.000

Peak player now 400.000 which is not even close to your claim.

https://gyazo.com/8c256331da3b933766274f435461d3ba

[DarwiN_SLR]

You are wrong, Lega.. You're looking at monthly peak, I'm talking about daily numbers.. You have them on the same link on Steam..

http://shrani.si/f/3L/FE/ExoMFL/untitled.png

June 1st: 546k
These days: 331k

[ratso]

locking regions sealed this games fate, a worthless measure that can be bypassed with vpn advertised by pubg themselves. any other game with an actual head on its shoulders allows for region select, siege, overwatch, even h1z1....

[Lega]

DarwiN_SLR님이 먼저 게시:

You are wrong, Lega.. You're looking at monthly peak, I'm talking about daily numbers.. You have them on the same link on Steam..

http://shrani.si/f/3L/FE/ExoMFL/untitled.png

June 1st: 546k
These days: 331k

Yes you're right, sry for that.

ratso님이 먼저 게시:

locking regions sealed this games fate, a worthless measure that can be bypassed with vpn advertised by pubg themselves. any other game with an actual head on its shoulders allows for region select, siege, overwatch, even h1z1....

The player asked for it, thats why.

It was never the plan of them but they did it because too many people complained.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds/pubg-region-lock-china-ping-limits

https://www.pcgamesn.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds/pubg-region-locking-complaints

[ratso]

Because the best answer to not breathe bad air is to completely suffocate yourself? That is the decision they made instead of cleaning the air or even just waiting for it to clear up over time. As I already said, region lock does nothing to stop high ping players from entering other regions, you just have to put up with using a VPN which not everyone cares to do. The player "asked for it" as much as they didn't ask for it. I certainly never asked for this as I frequently played in SA and KA/JP until they completely locked the world out of that region initially then finally implementing worldwide region lock.

Why don't other games have "the player" asking for region lock on their games? Because it's a non issue and it doesn't matter if you link some rag that talks about it because it never mattered, certainly never as much as combating cheats. Instead of solving anything they introduced a cascade of issues by completely choking out the playerbase. Can't wait to read your next head in the sand response, you truly are a sad pos

[Lega]

ratso님이 먼저 게시:

Because the best answer to not breathe bad air is to completely suffocate yourself? That is the decision they made instead of cleaning the air or even just waiting for it to clear up over time. As I already said, region lock does nothing to stop high ping players from entering other regions, you just have to put up with using a VPN which not everyone cares to do. The player "asked for it" as much as they didn't ask for it. I certainly never asked for this as I frequently played in SA and KA/JP until they completely locked the world out of that region initially then finally implementing worldwide region lock.

Why don't other games have "the player" asking for region lock on their games? Because it's a non issue and it doesn't matter if you link some rag that talks about it because it never mattered, certainly never as much as combating cheats. Instead of solving anything they introduced a cascade of issues by completely choking out the playerbase. Can't wait to read your next head in the sand response, you truly are a sad pos

You said "any other game with an actual head on its shoulders allows for region select" but they never wanted to do something like that, "WE" did want it and they did listen.

[Lega]

Btw I forgot.

Region locks are not related to any game because the problem is not the game it self.

https://www.thegamer.com/apex-legends-region-lock-china/

[ratso]

I don't understand what you are saying "they never wanted to do something like that". They did it from the beginning so how can you say anything like that, assuming you are speaking about region select. Also no there is no "we did want it" as I already said

[ratso]

Lega님이 먼저 게시:

Btw I forgot.

Region locks are not related to any game because the problem is not the game it self.

https://www.thegamer.com/apex-legends-region-lock-china/

There is an absolute difference from having a chinese territory and catering to it

and

locking me out from south america and japan\korea despite never going above 150 ping to both regions

explain how that is in any way similar to having exclusive chinese regions and versions of games like there have been for nearly 20 years at this point.

rainbow six siege doesn't block me from entering europe or asia, neither does overwatch, neither does h1z1.


feel free to ignore all of this information again and link another rag

[ratso]

since you can't actually speak for yourself

[Lega]

Did I say "region lock is good thing or similar?"

No I don't.

Next time I show you why I wrote things very clear.

You wrote "Why don't other games have "the player" asking for region lock on their games? ", and you were wrong about it. This is why I posted you the link of other games with the same topic because no matter which game people will ask for that.

[ratso]

No you ignored the point I made instead of actually seeing it.

There is a difference

between

sanctioning china entirely and creating an ecosystem for them

THAN

treating every single region this way

THAT IS WHY

no other game does this

BECAUSE

all it does is serve to extinguish your games "community" if it ever had one




Feel free to ignore this information again