PUBG players are upset. I repeat: PUBG players are unhappy. At present, PUBG subreddit is full of players complaining about their favorite Royal Battle Royale.
Admittedly – PUBG is still a very popular game. However, despite a decline in new content, its player base has been slowly declining over the past few years.
In April 2018, the game had an average of 1.1 million concurrent players and reached a peak of 2.5 million. In the past 30 days, the average number of concurrent players was about 250,000. Although many game developers go to great lengths to attract so many users, this is a huge drop for games with so much support. what happened?
If you look at the top-rated reviews of the game's subreddit, it seems that people are annoyed that the game's bugs and performance have been left aside, and tend to add new content.
Players are talking about things like player action, which was forgotten after battle royale games like Apex Legends. There are also many complaints about PUBG hackers who used aimbots to disrupt other players' games. Elsewhere, there was a bug that caused players to lag the game whenever they aimed at the target, and had more collisions than ever before.
Just like when I was playing PUBG, the performance was terrible. This 400-vote post raises some of the biggest questions.
Another post with nearly 3k votes highlighted how Chocotaco, one of the most aggressive PUBG streaming media, has announced a temporary withdrawal from the game due to numerous issues with the game.
And none of my custom game presets work. once again. A number of issues have never been resolved. Many times it is difficult to enjoy the game. Whenever this COD BR starts, I take a break with PUBG.
-chocoTaco (@chocoTaco) February 22, 2020
Players are now putting pressure on Bluehole to postpone the game until Season 6, or to be more open and engaging with the audience. Most performance issues occur in new season releases, and many bugs are also introduced.
Redditors also pointed out the past roadmap. Bluehole promises to improve sound here, but players report that the audio will only get worse. Some people even use custom buttons near WASD, so they can adjust the volume on the fly to deal with problems during playback.
Then there was the error of floating weapons and items, which had been around for two years. What is most disturbing is how developers prioritize new content and Battle Pass over repairing and tweaking the core of the game, which attracts people first and foremost.
Perhaps now that high-profile ribbons are leaving the game, Bluehole will begin to notice the needs of the community.
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