In a developer Q&A at G-Star Global Game Exhibition in Korea, CEO and lead game designer at Bluehole, Changhan Kim, revealed that PlayerUnknown’s: Battlegrounds will most likely receive more/new cosmetic microtransactions. Changhan stated that the dev team does not plan to add any pay-to-win mechanics. However, more cosmetic microtransactions will be coming to it after its full release.
As Changhan said:
“As you may already know, we will never add anything that affects the gameplay. However, there is a relatively strong demand for cosmetic items. Since the official launch is our top priority, we plan on adding new items after that.”
Needless to say that we are not surprised by this. PlayerUknown’s: Battlegrounds has sold 22 million copies on Steam, meaning that there is already a huge crowd. Obviously, we don’t agree with this inclusion, however – and as a business decision – it makes perfect sense. Let’s hope that these microtransactions will remain for cosmetic stuff and that Bluehole won’t attempt to further exploit its fans.
Bluehole also plans to add a tutorial mode after the game’s launch. This tutorial or shooting range will help newcomers prepare themselves for what this game is all about.
PlayerUknown’s: Battlegrounds will leave Early Access and fully release this month.
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How are these yours top priority when you did nothing to optimize the game in early access…nvm, don’t answer that.
“Since the official launch is our top priority” READ AGAIN
I did indeed misread that, but it barely runs any better than day 1 early access code and it launches in 2 weeks. They need to prioritize that and do better.
True, but they are discussing their priorities for the studio as a whole. The fact in the game has barely improved in optimization since they started selling it, and they need to place more priority on that for the programmers.
Bluehole wants some of those billions of dollars being spent on microtransactions every year.
It already had ages ago, hell they were trade-able in the steam market
similar to Dota/CSGO skins
John is slacking once again
Yeah, I was befuddled when I saw this article. Items from Battlegrounds are available and trending on the Steam Market for a long time.
brave
Again with your nonsensical, ill-informed texts about “microtransactions”. They are saying that they will add MORE cosmetic items to the already existing ones, but that they will never include stuff that actually impacts the game.
That’s economy for you.
Personally, I was really lucky with CS:GO. I got many souvenir package drops (including two Cobblestone packages which are now worth $43 each and some less valuable crates worth $5-10) and an in-game skin which was worth about $100 when I sold it.
I don’t understand people who are OK with cosmetic items which you can’t sell but vehemently oppose the ones you can put up on sale.
my experience for now is this : pubg give me $3 csgo give me $0.15 , so for now for me pubg is better.
and i disagree that in csgo must to buy keys for open crates looks like a fraud.
you say you get $100 with csgo but how you get it? you pay money for open crates? or how? because if you pay money so for sure is + money you pay than money you get,but pubg always only give me money without i need pay nothing.
The crates I’m talking about drop when watching tournaments.
It’s cosmetic, which doesn’t give you an edge. Even then, if you dress flashy, you’ll also be more easy to spot.
Well off course it will… This is published by Bluehole after all and their other game TERA has tones and tones of cosmetic microtransactions.
i like to play pubg because the game pay me for play,and right now is the only game that i find that pay me so easy like this,i pay pubg only $12, and the game give me back already $3 (steam) , because the game give me 2 crates each week that i can sell directly in the steam market at 1$ ca,so in my opinion this game microtransaction is so much better than all other games that i know,because this game pay me,other no only take my money,and also the fact that the skin is only estetic is good too coz i dont care about estetic,for me only important is gameplay,so i never buy crates,only sell it,and earn money play.
other games like destiny,stwbf2 etc player cant make money by selling the items in the game.
i still try now also with csgo but sadly for now i dont have a good experience,it not give me money and also ask me to use keys for open crates that i must to buy and this is shit,but pubg give me crates to sell without need pay money and make me profit this is really good.
today i buy 2 videogames in the steam store (nihilumbra and putrefaction2) and i buy it only with the 3$ that pubg give to me,so by play pubg and get profit $3 i then get also 2 games on steam for free.
in my country right now i cant find work and i live without money,so i cant afford buy videogames,but thanks to pubg that pay me today i can buy 2 games,this is awesome and i hope in future if a game must include microtransactions they put also same in pubg for sell items
i think same you i pay pubg $12 and it give me $3 already