If you are a fan of multiplayer FPS, or even more specifically Battle Royale, then it may not have escaped your notice that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, more commonly known as PUBG: Battlegrounds these days, was now free-to-play. In other words, you no longer need to go to the cash register to play it. Good news, of course, which did not fail to swell the ranks of challengers in search of the holy Top 1.
An explosion in the number of active players
More than just a genre, Battle Royale has become a real religion, converting the biggest multiplayer FPS developers in turn. After the tidal wave that was (and still is) Fortnite, everyone longed to grab their piece of the pie. We have thus seen the birth of a legion of titles surfing on this lucrative wave, from Apex Legends at call of duty warzone, Passing by Spellbreak.
It is interesting to note that many developers have opted for a free-to-play economic model. However, this was not the case for the PUBG Corporation for its famous PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. At least, until very recently. The Battle Royale wanting to be realistic has indeed just become free.
And it was to be expected, this news did not fail to explode the number of online players. While nearly 350,000 players were happily tearing themselves apart in the last few days before its transition to free-to-play, we were able to identify some over 660,000 earlier in the week. It is obviously not about any record, but this very positive evolution has nevertheless the merit of proving to the developer that this change in economic model was indeed beneficial to PUBG, which is likely to gain in popularity in the coming months.
let’s remember that PUBG: Battlegrounds is available on PC, but also on PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S.