PlayerUnknown s Battlegrounds Sales Pass 10 Million

Epic Games has yet to respond to Bluehole's harshly worded statement, but fans of both games are already weighing in. Some argue that Epic should have seen this coming, as the developer directly names Battlegrounds as an inspiration, and that Bluehole was always going to take issue with it. But others say that Bluehole is in the wrong, arguing that the concept of battle royale modes are nothing new. Grand Theft Auto Online has a battle royale mode for example, while PlayerUnknown himself, Brendan Greene, actually consulted on H1Z1 's battle royale mode before Battlegrounds was relea


Team-killing is frowned upon in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds , so when Dr DisRespect killed a teammate in order to have a spot on a vehicle, it was met with a swift, but temporary, ban. Dr DisRespect, who seems to be playing a character as opposed to being his genuine self, decided to complain about his ban to Greene on Twit


**PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ** just hit the 8 million units old mark two weeks ago and already it's at 10 million. The extra momentum push in sales is in part due to the game's continued popularity as the most popular shooter broadcasted and viewed on streaming services like Twich.tv and as the game has topped the charts as the most played game on Valve's Steam platform, beating out Valve's own Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensi

At first, Greene seemed to be playing along with Dr DisRespect, but then took offense to DisRespect's threat of violence. Greene released a lengthy statement addressing the issue, admitting that Dr DisRespect's comments were likely facetious in nature, but even so, they hit close to home due to an unpleasant experience Greene had in the p


It seems that the comparisons have not gone unnoticed by the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ' ( PUBG ) team either, as today, developer Bluehole sent out a press release criticizing Epic Games over its Fortnite update. Bluehole vice president Chang Han Kim says, "After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing the gameplay for ourselves, we are concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known." Kim also reveals that Bluehole has had "an ongoing relationship with Epic Games throughout PUBG ’s development as they are the creators of [Unreal Engine 4], the engine we licensed for the ga


In fact, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is built entirely around violence, with up to one hundred players scavenging for weapons and murdering each other in an attempt to be the last player standing. The concept has proven popular enough to make the game one of the most popular Steam games ever , and surpassing 4 million copies sold at last co


Moving forward, Kim hopes to start an official conversation between Bluehole and Epic Games. He again stated that this entire situation is only a problem because Epic Games makes the engine Bluehole uses, and that the developer pays "a large amount of royalties" to Epic Games. "We had this business relationship and we had trust that we would be getting continued support, and we were looking forward to working more closely with them to get technical support, maybe develop new features," stated Kim. "Our name was used to officially promote their game without our knowledge. There was no discussion. It was just a bit surprising and disappointing to see our business partner using our name officially to promote the game mode that is pretty similar to us and there was misunderstanding in the community that we're officially involved in the proje


PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has quickly become one of the most popular early access games on Steam, and as such, has attracted the attention of many of the biggest Twitch streamers. One popular Twitch streamer, Dr DisRespect, was recently banned from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for killing a teammate, leading to an online argument between himself and the game's creator, Brandon Gre


At the time of writing, Epic Games hasn't responded to Bluehole's original statement or these newly released comments. With PUBG Money guide recently crossing 10 million sales and Fortnite quickly rising to prominence, what remains abundantly clear is that many will continue offering their own thoughts on the situation, as it doesn't seem it can be easily swept under the


PUBG also just set another record on that front hitting peak concurrent users (e.g. CCU) with over 970,000. The other part of the title's recent accolades is Germany's Gamescom 2017 event last week which hosted the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Invitational which drew even more attention to the battle royale shooter, and featured many of the most popular stream


The Battlegrounds team is "concerned that Fortnite may be replicating the experience for which PUBG is known for," with Kim warning that the Bluehole team is "contemplating further action." At this point, it's unclear exactly what that this "further action" might look like, but if Bluehole does decide to file a lawsuit, then it could put the future of Fortnite 's soon-to-be free to play game mode at r