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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is just breaking all kinds of records recently, with the Battle Royale type game surpassing 10 million copies sold. Now, the free-for-all title is at it again, this time achieving 1.34 million player count on Steam. This has allowed PUBG to officially take the crown away from DOTA 2, which previously held the title with a 1.3 million peak player count.
The developers announced the numbers on Saturday via Tweet, thanking all of the players that are just going bananas over the game. This is a huge achievement for a title that is not even officially out of early access yet.
Highest peak player count on @steam_games! A sincere thank you to all our players & the amazing @PUBATTLEGROUNDS team I get to work with! GG pic.twitter.com/z8V2rdmQmm
— PLAYERUNKNOWN (@PLAYERUNKNOWN) September 16, 2017
As Engadget notes, one of the things that this new record confirms is how accessible the game is. Since it is based on the simple premise of being the last one standing after starting out with 100 players, PUBG is easy to relate to. Thanks to its fairly deep mechanics and fun gameplay, it’s not hard to see why the title is skyrocketing the way it is.
Even more impressive is the fact that the game still has a lot of bugs that require polishing before it can be released, which is still several months away. If these many players are willing to put up with an unfinished game, there must be something about it that’s worth the hassle.
What’s more, PUBG is set to come to the Xbox One this fall, The Verge reports. Considering the amount of enthusiasm that owners of the Microsoft console showed when the announcement was made, it’s likely that the game is only going to rise in sales once it’s out on the game box.
All in all, it’s clear that PUBG is one of those titles that are basically runaway trains. As it becomes more popular, it picks up speed until it becomes a legend.
