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PUBG: Battlegrounds maker Krafton has said it generated record sales and profit last year - which was its best in the history of the company.

Originally launched in 2017, battle royale PUBG shifted to a free-to-play model in 2022 and has seen continued growth ever since. 2024 saw the game hit its best-ever concurrent peak - of 890,000 players.

Spending in PUBG across PC and consoles globally last year totalled "nearly" a 1tn korean won - around £556m - breaking Krafton's own record for the game.

On smartphones, PUBG's breakout spin-off Battlegrounds Mobile India saw its sales rise by 35.7 percent year-on-year, meanwhile.

Next up for Krafton is its plan to secure a new big franchise IP, while continuing to update PUBG and grow the game's Indian mobile spin-off.

PUBG has never been more lucrative, publisher says

PUBG: Battlegrounds maker Krafton has said it generated record sales and profit last year - which was its best in the h…

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[Radical_3d]

 

[Akuji]

If they get rid of the cheaters and reverse Some of the stuff they added. It would still be the best BR, by far.

Actually even with that stuff it probably is the best anyway ...

That being said, the stuff to buy in pubg is insanely high priced and ugly. Lol. Cant imagine spending alot of money on this stuff.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

It's concurrent peak was over 3 million back in 2017. Would be surprised if spending wasn't also at it's peak back then too.

 

[Embearded]

Its the best BR for me to be honest.
Best gunplay and balistics.
But the game on consoles is a graveyard.

 

[Akuji]

Its the best BR for me to be honest.
Best gunplay and balistics.
But the game on consoles is a graveyard.

True, Gunplay is far and above the best.
There isnt even competition, the rest is just so much worse its hard do comprehend.

 

[Gaiff]

Exhibit Z on why so many companies are trying to strike gold with a GAAS. You hit the jackpot once and you have a huge money-printing machine for over a decade.

 

[lughnasadh123]

But fuck GaaS and Mobile gaming, right?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

NeoGAF got the Nintendo Switch wrong.

NeoGAF got GAAS wrong.

That's two failures of epic proportions.

 

[noob smokes]

And yet the tight bastards cant be bothered to upgrade the 15 yo mobile graphics

 

[dorkimoe]

If they get rid of the cheaters and reverse Some of the stuff they added. It would still be the best BR, by far.

Actually even with that stuff it probably is the best anyway ...

That being said, the stuff to buy in pubg is insanely high priced and ugly. Lol. Cant imagine spending alot of money on this stuff.

i havent played it in like a year, and i still think it was the best one

 

[intbal]

I play every day.

And every day I get turbo-fired by a Lvl 1 with a DMR.

But I keep playing.

 

[BigLee74]

This game is still going? It was amazing at the time when it first came to consoles. Janky as fuck on the Xbox, with a very poor sub-30 framerate most of the time, but there was nothing else like it.

As usual, it started going downhill when they introduced new maps, and I haven’t looked at it in years because Warzone was released and was far superior (initially) in almost every way possible.

Good memories though. I can still hear that supply drop plane in my head

 

[Akuji]

Wanted to put perspective on those who say " this game is still played?"
It is still the biggest non valve game on steam.
Daily peaks are still higher then PoE2 ever was in early acess so far.
Game is monstrous, many sleep on it.

That being said, 30% of that could very well be cheaters / Bots