Cc23830
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This is the answer to every pubg question. The adrenaline, heart thumping terror/excitement. Its quite unique.
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Nothing stops this train. PUBG surpasses [-46,278,233,054] concurrent users (!!!!)
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This is the answer to every pubg question. The adrenaline, heart thumping terror/excitement. Its quite unique.
Would help if you where slightly more specific... What part looks boring? What videos? What do you want from a shooter etc.
Soulblighter31
Banned
Steamspy has the game at this moment at 8,956,801 owners. Meaning its probably 9.2 million owners acounting for the delay. 10 million by the end of the month i guess
This makes my head hurt. Do you honestly think 9 million people bought a $30 game that has never been on sale because it's a "memish phenomenon"? Maybe they just think it's genuinely a good game?
Abilidebob
Member
HAHAHA, Jesus Christ.
its minecraft - the game is clunky and clumsy. But it has a great gameplay hook, and every game feels different mainly I think because of the size of the population and how things play out.
And while I expect several publishers to include modes like this in their future games, I can't see anyone doing a specific game that is just this mode. PUBG isn't polished but it is already snaffling up the audience and it has both the momentum and the zeitgeist factor going for it.
God this just reeks of entitlement and belittling of anyone who would "sully" themselves to play an early access shooter. I don't see how you can honestly sit there and say 9+ million people bought a game cuz they wanted to facilitate a meme. Grow up.
I wouldn't have blamed anyone for thinking that 4-5 months ago, it certainly seemed like that was the fate for the game, the next evolution it seemed.
But yes, it has moved way past that and grabbed every other popular multiplayer game by the balls.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Didn't stopped LoL, Dota, WoW, CoD, Counter-Strike... You get my meaning.
-hadouken
Member
How many bought Goat Simulator? As you suggest, people may think it's a good game - but the overwhelming success has to be partly attributed to hype. Fear of missing out on being part of the cultural phenomenon drives PUBG. "I was logged on when it went 1 mil concurrent!" From the time I've spent with it, the game has merit, but the success is disproportionate to the quality of the product. You're welcome to feel differently.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Around 3 million on steam apparently. So PUBG is well past that
-hadouken
Member
You'll have to point out my entitlement, as you've lost me on that one. As for belittling people who play early access games - no, I'm pointing out that for some of us the poor production values kill our interest in the title. More than happy for people like yourself to enjoy whatever floats your boat.
I can't believe you're comparing this games success to Goat Simulators. You need to open your eyes. It is not the same thing.
So basically its not a 'meme-ish phenomenon', its simply a game everyone is super excited about? Okay, nice attempt to back track on your statement but okay.
That's basically how all popular games work though. Positive reception and good word of mouth leads to coverage and commercial success. People hear a game is good/fun and want to play it. They tell their friends and others and they want to play it too.
The effort to make that process seem illegitimate or transitory with PUBG seems extremely myopic.
Implying that something must be fit certain criteria of 'quality' to warrant it's success is ridiculous. People don't won't let lacking production values or a bit of jank get in the way if they're having fun.
Games simply do not sustain anywhere close to this level of growth or player base mostly on hype. They certainly don't play just to be say 'I was online when it hit 1 million concurrent', the vast majority of people playing it have no idea how many people are concurrently playing the game. The game just nailed the core gameplay loop, and playing it with other people is significantly more rewarding (and naturally beneficial) than most other games - which adds to a genuinely natural network effect (accelerating and sustaining growth).
Also, Goat Simulator for context:
Games simply do not sustain anywhere close to this level of growth or player base mostly on hype. They certainly don't play just to be say 'I was online when it hit 1 million concurrent', the vast majority of people playing it have no idea how many people are concurrently playing the game. The game just nailed the core gameplay loop, and playing it with other people is significantly more rewarding (and naturally beneficial) than most other games - which adds to a genuinely natural network effect (accelerating and sustaining growth).
Also, Goat Simulator for context:
Daffy Duck
Member
Erm what?
This game has some sweet animations for recording, switching weapon firing modes.
1.29m, Dota 2.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Literally the same graph as PUBG God learn to readImplying that something must be fit certain criteria of 'quality' to warrant it's success is ridiculous. People don't won't let lacking production values or a bit of jank get in the way if they're having fun.
Games simply do not sustain anywhere close to this level of growth or player base mostly on hype. They certainly don't play just to be say 'I was online when it hit 1 million concurrent', the vast majority of people playing it have no idea how many people are concurrently playing the game. The game just nailed the core gameplay loop, and playing it with other people is significantly more rewarding (and naturally beneficial) than most other games - which adds to a genuinely natural network effect (accelerating and sustaining growth).
Also, Goat Simulator for context:
MontyBrown
Banned
PUBG really doesn't feel like an early access game. Nor does it feel low budget.
Some of this talk is hurting my brain.
Some of this talk is hurting my brain.
fabricated backlash
Member
Could you possibly be anymore smug. JFC careful your monocle might fall out.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Hurry up before people go back to playing Goat Simulator.
Lister
Banned
So... just like any other big AAA marketing driven game?
I guess in your mind this is like a Destiny 1? Exept this is a much better game than Destiny 1.
The thing I hate about PUBG is that it's not out on PS4 yet.The thing I hate about PUBG is that my friends refuse now to play anything else, trying to convince them to play some R6:Siege with me again with the release of the patch tomorrow is impossible.
-hadouken
Member
We can agree on that.
Raylan Targaryen
Member
I can't believe it's still March.
spindoctor
Member
Your favorite game of the year also owes it's success partly to hype. Even though you might think it's a good game.
Yeah dude, you nailed it. It's not the incredibly tense, engaging, heart popping gameplay that is pulling all those people into PUBG. Nope. It's just people who want to be there when that counter crosses a million. I'm surprised you haven't reached the mischievous uncles argument yet to explain why it sold 9 million copies.
I don't blame people for thinking less of the game because of its production values. I was never the most graphics obsessed person, but for some reason the animations and overall jank were really off putting to me. If not for a very generous gaffer gifting me the game and telling me I had no more excuses not to try it, I would still be ignoring it and not understanding its appeal that much.
But now I'm hooked, I'll play at least a match every day, it's such an intense game, it's the first time I've had legitimate jump scares in a multiplayer game. It's one thing to scare the player in a heavily controlled and scripted environment, but having them so focused an immersed in the experience that another player acting naturally and minding their own business can scare you is something else.
Despite having relatively quick matches for the kind of game it is, they're still slow-paced enough to produce some surprising moments that you wouldn't find outside of some setpiece. Like looting a seemingly empty place, only for someone to start shooting at you from somewhere else, but the shots hit the door you've just opened, and you rush inside the house for protection, and trying to find where the guy was shooting at you from. Depending on how far into the match you are, you may actually choose to leave through the backdoor and get the hell out, instead of going for the typical multiplayer mentality of "oh shit, enemy here, let me just shoot him to death".
It creates a dynamic unlike anything else I've experienced so far, and it's a fantastic Battle Royale game. I have no idea how they could do this, but some more lore/story in any way is the only thing left to make it the perfect game of its kind.
All the hate it receives is quite fitting for its genre, considering that the Battle Royale manga's first chapter is called The Worst Game in History.
But now I'm hooked, I'll play at least a match every day, it's such an intense game, it's the first time I've had legitimate jump scares in a multiplayer game. It's one thing to scare the player in a heavily controlled and scripted environment, but having them so focused an immersed in the experience that another player acting naturally and minding their own business can scare you is something else.
Despite having relatively quick matches for the kind of game it is, they're still slow-paced enough to produce some surprising moments that you wouldn't find outside of some setpiece. Like looting a seemingly empty place, only for someone to start shooting at you from somewhere else, but the shots hit the door you've just opened, and you rush inside the house for protection, and trying to find where the guy was shooting at you from. Depending on how far into the match you are, you may actually choose to leave through the backdoor and get the hell out, instead of going for the typical multiplayer mentality of "oh shit, enemy here, let me just shoot him to death".
It creates a dynamic unlike anything else I've experienced so far, and it's a fantastic Battle Royale game. I have no idea how they could do this, but some more lore/story in any way is the only thing left to make it the perfect game of its kind.
All the hate it receives is quite fitting for its genre, considering that the Battle Royale manga's first chapter is called The Worst Game in History.
I mean what are you really even trying to say here? Hype and excitement around a product helps propel sales? Brilliant deduction. What's the point of this half-assed reductive argument you're shitting out.
I mean your second point boils down to "Well I didn't think it was all that" which, sure, whatever, that's not actually relevant or interesting to anyone besides you.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
I mean besides that the comparison to Goat Sim is totally bollocks...
It was also often bundled and could be bought for as cheap as a dollar/euro.
9 million people buying a 30$/€ game for full price is on a slightly different level...
Also PUBG is fun for longer than a hour like Goat Sim...
The Average play time with PUBG is over 80 hours (its 7 hours for Goat Sim, which is surprisingly high I must admit)... so I don't think people just buy this to be in and hip but cause its fun and they cant stop playing.
It was also often bundled and could be bought for as cheap as a dollar/euro.
9 million people buying a 30$/€ game for full price is on a slightly different level...
Also PUBG is fun for longer than a hour like Goat Sim...
The Average play time with PUBG is over 80 hours (its 7 hours for Goat Sim, which is surprisingly high I must admit)... so I don't think people just buy this to be in and hip but cause its fun and they cant stop playing.
Probably only H1Z1. There was a thread not long ago here that talked about that game topping 7 million users, about half of whom are from China
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1427000
That said, it's concurrents aren't as high (100k)
http://steamcharts.com/app/433850#All
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds OT | The Worst Game in HistoryAll the hate it receives is quite fitting for its genre, considering that the Battle Royale manga's first chapter is called The Worst Game in History.
The game would have to lose 99% of its players to make matchmaking an issue. It could lose 95% and still be on the first page of steamcharts. And that's if no one else ever buys it.
It will be there when you are ready
Ark's population numbers are only slightly lower than H1Z1's and have been pretty steady since launch
DayZ consistently had a good amount of players and the mod drastically increased population numbers of Arma 2 for several years
Rust's population went down after the initial release period but bounced back up again years later for an extended period of time
Of course this isn't anywhere near PUBG numbers, but the population for all these games has at least at some point been steady and not insignificant for years. They're not games that got dropped the moment another thing came along.
Yeah, "old time" to me is manually configuring autoexec.bat and config.sys for each game to make sure it gets the amount of EMS and XMS memory it wants
I don't associate "old-school" with "polished".
If it doesn't have a poor story, shitloads of boring cutscenes and voice acting then it's low budget eastern european jank.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Yeah, "old time" to me is manually configuring autoexec.bat and config.sys for each game to make sure it gets the amount of EMS and XMS memory it wants
I don't associate "old-school" with "polished".
yeah, true enough...
I'm pushing 40 and have the time of my life with this game.
Either you have fun or not, doesn't have anything to do with age... and unpolished games are fun all the time... not like its some novel concept.
Also I'm happy that the days of autoexec.bat, IRQs and all that jazz are over
yeah, I have the feeling that sometimes a game (!) cant just be about gameplay anymore... all that other stuff you just mentioned is just not important for this game... I would even say it would make it much much worse
I agree, I was just being sarcastic in my post in case that didn't come across. It really does feel like a lot of people who "don't get it" do so because it hasn't had a bloated marketing campaign, named voice actors and so on. This forum is very very console centric so when something like PUBG comes out and becomes incredibly popular you get old men yelling at clouds.
That would be fantastic, haha.
If there's one thing that defines PC it's the cutting edge, and the cutting edge is rarely a polished streamlined version of a known quantity.
PUBG is a very 'PC' game, though in many ways it actually is just a mega refined version of older even more janky military shooters and mods
It's the first massively acceptable revision.The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
Felix Lighter
Member
Bluehole was the underdog, now people are rooting for the plucky EAs and Activisions to knock them down a peg, all in the span of 5 months.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
More like their niche games from Japan.
