It appears like PUBG has executed fairly properly for itself since going free-to-play, apparently bringing in roughly 80,000 information customers a day.
Increasingly dwell service video games are going free-to-play, with PUBG having executed so in January of this 12 months, and Fall Guys having executed the identical in June. A giant a part of that’s probably to usher in extra gamers, particularly as a result of the entire huge, profitable dwell service titles like Apex Legends and Future 2 are free-to-play. And in accordance with developer Krafton’s preliminary earnings report for the primary half of 2022, PUBG going free to play has actually helped.
The report states that since going free-to-play in January, PUBG “has seen a gentle influx of greater than 80,000 new customers per day.” To present you an concept of what number of new gamers that’s, PUBG went free-to-play 214 days in the past, that means over 17 million gamers have signed-up to play the sport.
That is clearly an enormous quantity of gamers, and it is greater than probably that the majority of them have not caught round as common gamers. However whether or not or not all of these customers are sticking round or unlikely does not matter, because the report additionally states that “common income per consumer elevated greater than 20%” quarter on quarter.
PUBG Cell continues to do properly as properly, with it presently rating “second in gross sales amongst world cell video games.”
The report briefly touched on one other of its tasks which relies on the Korean fantasy sequence The Chicken That Drinks Tears. Not a lot is thought in regards to the venture at this cut-off date, however Krafton has begun actively growth on it, and is presently hiring for it.
The diversifications of The Chicken That Drinks Tears will not simply be restricted to a recreation, as numerous mediums are deliberate, as Krafton believes that the sequence’ lore and world is filled with potential.