'PUBG' Developers Acknowledge Rise of 'Fortnite' Highlights, Shortcomings in Their Own Game

Last year, "PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds" was all anyone could talk about. It has since been eclipsed by "Fornite Battle Royale" both in terms of popularity and ubiquity. At this point, it’s clear that Epic Games’ own offering has taken the lead and is running with it all the way to the finish line. Even the developers of "PUBG" have begun to acknowledge just how much the game still needs to improve.

As GameSpot notes, one of the biggest reasons why "Fortnite Battle Royale" has overtaken "PUBG" is the constant and consistent updates that the developers at Epic Games provide. There are always more reasons to come back to the game, whether it’s in the form of new events, new items, new weapons, or new collaborations.

The fact that it’s free to play doesn’t hurt either since the quality of the game more than makes it worth the investment in time that gamers funnel into the title. From there, it’s just a matter of getting a small percentage of those players to spend money on skins and the like, and Epic has a money-making machine.

It seems PUBG Corp. finally realizes how much its own game has fallen behind. It says as much in a blog post, with the developers promising to invest more in the development of the game. Why it wasn’t doing this already is a mystery.

More than the many bugs that persist in "PUBG," however, it’s the fact that the game is infested with cheaters that have been turning players away for the better part of this year. In a game that involves a lot of patience and skills to win, losing because someone was using a tool to cheat can be incredibly disheartening.

In comparison, Epic has a zero-tolerance policy towards cheating. It demonstrated this by basically suing a 14-year-old player when he posted videos of him cheating on "Fortnite." Other cheaters and developers of cheat tools have been banned as well.