For a long time, Minecraft was considered as the best selling PC game of all time. Well, not anymore as Bluehole’s battle royale game has managed to surpass Minecraft’s PC sales. Yeap, as of today, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is the best selling game in the history of PC gaming.
According to Steamspy’s data, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has sold more than 27.8 million copies worldwide. However, Steamspy suggests that there could be a margin of error of 160K units. If we exclude these units, we got ourselves 27.640.000 units. That’s a pretty big number right? Well, apparently that’s enough in order to position PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds as the best selling PC game of all time.
According to Minecraft’s official stats, the game has sold – so far – 27.598.163 units worldwide. That’s 40.000 units less than the minimum amount of what PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has already sold.
There is nothing more to add here. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently the most successful PC game of all time, despite its many flaws and issues. It will be interesting to see whether this “battle royale” bubble will burst and whether Minecraft will be able to catch up – or surpass – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ sales in the near or distant future.
For what it’s worth, the game has managed to surpass 3 million concurrent users last month.
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This is an embarrassment.
As an average PUBG player myself…yeah, not gonna lie…I’m not overly proud of this achievement. :/
It looks like an okay game, but it doesn’t look like anything that should be the “best” of anything.
My exact feeling atm.
better then Minecraft having this title.
Its simple, straight to the point with quick matches. And China.
I don’t know what this means but okay.
The video game is simple
The video game gets straight to the point
The video game has quick matches
The video game is popular in china.
Why would someone who plays the game not be proud it’s doing so well?
Well,
because technically speaking, its such a mediocre cheap-thrill product.
Second, anyone in the AA/AAA industry could have made this game possible and it’s netcode (in comparison to how much cash it made in overall profits thus far) is still utter garbage even after all this time it’s been out there. The graphical side is also kinda lacking (not as bad as in the early Alpha days…but man talk about a “football-field room” for improvements).
Also it kinda runs on a cruise ship amount of hype…and about a third (if not more) of the player base are Chinese trying to farm the living F out of it… (-__-)
So yeah…it’s not a bad game imho, and I didn’t say it was…but the word “best” and PUBG in the same sentence just sounds like a bad joke.
This is pretty sad.
Some people, if not most people, are stupid.
Bet you eat sugar.
I don’t.
That makes you stupid.
See how easy that is?
Also, being on a hate train, makes you look sheepish ie stupid.
Hey, psst, word of advice, being in the minority is way worse. Wish you ate some sugar right about now, right Brian?
Yeah I know, Imma keep calling you Brian, kind of like the guy from Limitless (on CBS), cause when you wrote that nice piece several weeks ago about Battlegrounds and getting your fix, it was kind of like being on NZT, now you’re just rubbish bruh.
Have a sugar cube.
OHHH look here boize we got a harvard graduate here in quantum physics.
Who will win: The lot of you VS One Harvard Boi?
Oh you guys.
Maybe buy it and try it?
I also couldn’t believe the hype.
As I have stated numerous times.
That first match, adrenaline!
Like a bump of coke, you keep chasing that high all night.
Again though, this doesn’t mean you’ll have the same feeling.
Then again, I chase adrenaline in real life too.
I could play it from a friend via Family Sharing and you know, I’ll probably try it some time, I agree about trying something before judging it; the thing that absolutely baffles me is the fact that according to Steamspy 25,792,087 sales were made during early access , when (from what I understand) the game was completely unoptimized and runned like garbage. Like for DayZ, I just can’t comprehend why would someone buy a game that it’s still under work AND runs bad.
I bought 2 copies of DayZ on day one.
Played it for 100 hours.
Loved it.
Bought PUBG last November.
40 hours the first week.
Saw only a few issues as far as the game goes, most issues had to do with foreign players and lag. I think the “unoptimized” issue was more to do with the player than the game, by no means is it fully polished, just exaggerated IMO. Even DayZ ran fine for me and I did not have a $1k GPU in 2012.
I hate certain games and the gamers but I don’t go around sh!tting on them for their choices, granted I am biased when they speak that’s for sure but it is what it is. Unlike most people commenting here, I at least try the game before sh!tting on it. Like with DOTA and CSGO, I can’t understand the hype, played both and hate it and the players. But I still don’t go posting my hate every time an article comes up.
PS pretty sure F&F sharing won’t work for PUBG.
Tried to download it from the friend’s library and it seems that it is going fine for now, maybe it will block me from playing it after starting it… in an hour I’ll know.
Wow I really thought it wouldn’t let you play it.
Fair enough.
“I’ll probably try it some time, I agree about trying something before judging it;”
you just judged it by calling it sad.
I think the degraded performance was way over conflated by people who paid top dollar for their machines but then played a game in alpha/beta state and expected it to run perfect. Most of the performance issues have since been worked out by release, and they are still optimizing. It takes some of the best parts of DayZ, minus the zombies, and breaks it down to about 15 minutes of gameplay. I’d actually highly recommend it as it does give quite a bit for a lower price tag (last I checked it was still $30ish).
Also, if you ever get a chance just duke it out with someone using fists, its fun as hell. Aim high.
Yea. You can thank the influx of casuals on PC due to trash like /r/pcmasterrace .
so many stupid people.
IKR? how dare they play games just for fun, how feeble minded of them lmao.
“so many stupid people who can’t have fun hate on this game, what a sad day to be a gamer”
I fixed your opinion for you. YW
still so many *many stupid people*
Wonderful demonstration of the actual average level of intelligence.
wat is an intelligent game then.
No need to give you examples, fact is that there are decent amount of well optimized and made with depth games. If you cannot differentiate cràp from something good – sorry, only time might help you.
Maybe people don’t want all that depth? Most just want to hop in a game (sometimes w/friends) and have some fun for a few mins/hrs.
Don’t forget, gaming before this gen was all about what PUBG/Mincreaft does. Making an enjoyable experience rather than “just” a product to be sold.
You have to look at these things from every angle.
“Maybe people don’t want all that depth? Most just want to hop in a game (sometimes w/friends) and have some fun for a few mins/hrs.”
He’s too smart to comprehend playing games for fun. He plays games to increase his IQ. #RickandMortyForLife.
Oh, must be touched you deeply. Didn’t mean to.
Ty good sir. My exposure to your comments has increased my IQ by 100. I can apply to be a mensa member now.
You’re hopeless)
Says the guy who hates a game and then classifies the players as stupid.
Go dwiddle yourself, it’s the only game you’re good at and can complete, alone that is.
Another touched, that’s good. I don’t hate the game, it’s
just quite primitive imitation of game for lazy and careless people. And I didn’t classify players as stupid, but as
being primitive in choices, treating them carelessly.
Your last sentence just matches your level of development. You must be practised brain flushing on yourself very thoroughly. My condolences.
I’m looking at this from every possible angle and I wasn’t saying about depth as a complexity, but as a quality of every aspect in general (gameplay, ease of entry, optimisation etc.).
‘Don’t forget, gaming before this gen was all about what PUBG/Mincreaft does.’ – a bit more precisely, when?
90s to 2010. Most games gave you a complete product. Most games showed passion, love & respect for our favorite hobby. Most games didn’t try to pander to a minority crowd. Those games were truly about making a product they believed in.
This goes to console and PC gaming alike. Though things have truly changed (for the worst imo) since consoles have become the main platform for development.
If you look at it that way, then yes)
Though I cannot say the same that ‘most games showed good stuff’. Even then there were a LOT of very weak titles. True gems are rare.
r/Iamverysmart.
You would, you pathetic piece of trash.
mad.
Thankfully it’s just your opinion and you’re nobody.
Yeah, you know me so well. You must be someBody.
Somebody enough to know you’re nobody by your comment because it’s one of the most stupidest things I’ve read in a long time, unless you have actual evidence and data to back it up. BTW, Chinese mostly play it, their IQ is on the whole pretty high
You’ve just helped me with evidence, so even no need to proceed further.
And:
1. In most cases IQ means nothing;
2. who cares what Chinese (or any other nation) are playing (except devs looking for a vast market).
And the other 400 million PC gamers who don’t have this trash game.
Amazing. So much congratulations to them!!!
I had no idea it was so sucessfull. Its funny though, most of their sales come from china at this point.
The fact the AAA industry was defeated in 2017 by a game like this, proves that there is something seriously wrong with gaming nowdays.
I think it should enlightenment most publishers. Ppl don’t really care for best graphics, 4K etc like the media/gaming outlets would have you believe. No one really cares if the hair is pure/realistic (Crystal Dynamics spent a lot of money on Lara’s hair btw).
What ppl want are games that are enjoyable, has some replay value, respect our time and doesn’t overcomplicate everything. It proves that AAA is heading in the completely wrong direction.
if crystal dynamics spent more time making tombs with traps rather cutscenes, if only.
And there have literally been hundreds of those games released per year, every year, for at least 20 years.
PUBGs success only proves that casuals are idiots. Not that people like games with value.
Nope. Proves that single players are awful, expensive and over marketed pile of $hit, there are some few exceptions as Witcher 3, Dying Light…
MP > SG!
“Dying Light…”
How is this any diffirent from your average open world game?
Cant say multiplayer games are doing well, so many failed recently hardly anyone plays them, they play some good old ones and leave it at that.
astonishing world(maps), immersive battles, real parkour and zombie AI.
While that Ive seen one defending that Prey, FF17, BF1 are great but they have nothing astound…average games highly marketed as “great”
CSGO, PUBG, LoL, Overwatch, Rust…there are so many MP games doing great! …
Prey is not “average” by any means, but is def. above average, and it’s not a game for everyone. That’s for sure. You forgot some other great single player games: RE7, botw, SOMA, doom, dishonored 2, etc…But you compare apples to oranges.
In MP games fun is all the essence. In SP games besides fun you have other “stuff” that make some game great or not – story, atmosphere, choices, etc…It’s somehow more intimate experience. Show me MP game rival of a Silent Hill 2…There’s none, because fun, pure, undiluted fun is all about multiplayer, and not much else.
its maps are pretty good but come on, gameplay is average so are missions.
Jesus learn English.
Dying Light is a gem imo (it’s getting support to this day!). I play it with friends every now and again. It really nails the “I Am Legend” feel at night times. Parkour feels amazing and is what most Zombie games are missing.
i know it gets dlc which is why i am not playing it, another zombie game and it is still not finished you say? Ill play it when i feel like going back to zombies and the game is finished.
It’s still getting little bits of extra content (like weapons, tools etc). Everything major is already in the game. It’s truly not like any other zombie game (I’ve played resident evil, silent Hill, dead island, DayZ, Manhunt… So many horror/zombie lol).
It’s base content and (only) expansion is akin to an RPG with the amount of content for it’s type of game. Trust me when I say the game is well worth it. If you have some friends it’s even more so!
The DLC has literally nothing to do with it being finished. It’s just cosmetic free DLC. The game and it’s season pass content have long since been finished.
You dolt.
It is rather usual crossing across midle age players in CS GO…
My favorite MPs of all time all burned out very quickly. They get boring. It doesn’t matter what game it is, it gets boring. If you are entertained for over 500 hours by a multiplayer only game, there’s something literally wrong with your brain. The only exception is something like WoW where you’re playing a single player game, online, that happens to have other people in it who you can play with if you want to.
“I had no idea it was so sucessfull”
Bruh you live under rock xD?
i thought it made 8-10 million not freaking 27!!!
The worst part is, that everyone will think that delivering half polished games is the way to go and we will be left with alpha games that can’t make the bar. This bothers me so much.
This game isn’t even final.
This has been the norm for over a decade.
The previous, and actual best selling game on PC – World of Warcraft (forgot that didn’t you, 60 million sold) – was completely unfinished for literally a decade.
Blizzard literally charged people a subscription fee, plus purchase, plus expansions, to beta test a game that was constantly subject to drastic changes with every patch and expansion, and then even managed to include micro transactions, TOO.
The game world was unfinished until Cataclysm, nearly 10 years after release. Until that point Hyjal was still a giant hole in the map, Gilneas, Kul Tiras, Zul Dare, the Maelstrom, the Shattered Isles, and tons of other areas literally did not exist. The game world is still pretty garbage – expansion areas exist in an entirely different instanced area from the vanilla game area, or at least they did before Cataclysm. Some still do because you’ll see when you try to fly in Azeroth there are certain places where it was messed up. Or was.
So you can thank them. Not Bluehole.
and sims
GTAV is not best selling game of pc gaming?
that’s sad.
Who can say this is for good or for bad? As PC gamer I never wanted to be in the system which sell millions of millions but the platform which counts with the best quality games. But quality doesnt sell millions on today world, flashy stuff and trademarks are more important than quality, the Iphone and Michael Bay movies proves that.
This is bad for PC gaming. Are you r*tarded lol?
Only DA BEST high IQ rick and Morty level games are allowed in PC. That is how we separate ourselves with the console plebs.
This proves (and Minecraft) prove that what ppl really want is a fun game with replay value (gaming before 360/ps3 era). No overpriced dlc, advantageous MTs (like Battlefront II), no season pass and etc.
So what you want about both games (I’d add OverWatch to that lost as well & PUBG still has terrible optimization, lag, only two maps etc) but they’re closer to past gen gaming than most. Make an enjoyable experience first and foremost and don’t try to rip your customers.
That is why we have the indie scene on PC. The best games i played last year were indies.
Just an recommendation to start the year good. (Don’t know if its Metroidvania its your kind of game)
Iconoclasts
Seems like gona be awsome ;D
Just an recommendation to start the year good. (Don’t know if its Metroidvania its your kind of game)
Iconoclasts
Seems like gona be awsome ;D
I can understand what you mean. Gaming was introduced as a way to escape reality and just fun but now there are game that try to bring this medium to the forefront (like Beyond games, new Detroit game, Uncharted etc).
The great thing about gaming is that it’s able to do it all unlike any other medium. Though I also wish there was more focus on Story driven content.
And this is normal, the herd should be fed to be calm.
Think “gamers” do prefer those games but we’re clearly outnumbered by the “avg consumer”.
Despite gamers (and some sites) giving Battlefront II a middle finger, the avg person sill bought it.
Despite gamers saying no to lootboxes and MT in AAA games, the avg person still buys them here and there.
The pattern continues.
We’re outnumbered 100 to 1 which is the sad reality of our situation.
Hey now, doom sold amazingly well.
Don’t take this the wrong way.
But get some f-ing friends mate.
Jesus christ.
You keep saying “MP is the end of gaming”
No, maybe single players games with loot boxes and dlc and paywalls are.
I have more games than 95% of users here and even Steam users and yet I play literally 3 games in rotation all the time. All 3 online MP games. Yet my entire library is 99% single player. I get so bored of SP pacing I don’t even want to finish them anymore. So maybe it’s you, maybe it’s me, but cant you just be happy PC gaming is f-ing livid! (yes livid)
haha…SG boys are sad. MP > SG!
lol at all the uptight pc crowd. this game is a blast with friends.
You need to have a very high IQ to be a PC gamer. Games like these do increase intelligence since they are only meant to be played for fun.
Why? Minecraft is fantastic, and PUBG with all it’s issues, is a load of fun with friends.
Only dabest high IQ rick and morty level games are allowed on PC. Stuff like Minecraft and PUBG is re*tarded. It does not foster intelligence unlike something like BIOSHOCK INFINITE or SPEC OPS THE LINE. ITS DEEP SYMBOLISM HAS UNLOCKED MY POETIC WRITING ABILITIES. I passed my English course this semester by playing Bioshock you know.
What disqualifies Minecraft and PUBG as being interactive mediums? I don’t know about you but I’ve spent many hours in Minecraft, on my own, in creative. So I don’t think the 10 minutes of fun with friends label really applies here.
Remember, this is merely best selling not best quality.
All this means is that these games provide excellent value for the players money and the fun that comes out of these games is worth the cost. So “highest selling” != “top of the line”.
I agree that a game like The Witcher 3 or DOOM is a much better quality title but they are also much more expensive per unit and thereby less “sellable” to a large audience.
Pubg is fairly new so yes. But Minecraft is way cheaper than all of them.
Dude don’t bother.
These are anti-social gamers with no skill.
See I can make assumptions about gamers too and feel awesome while doing it. 😀
No but seriously, they aren’t into this genre.
And they only can justify their gaming by hating on something they can’t stand.
Me, I will keep playing PUBG. It ain’t the best game ever but god damn, it scratches an itch I didn’t know I had.
you are clearly a person that should not be allowed to be near a computer. Only the smartest high IQ Rick and Morty fans can play on PC. Stick to your consoles you filthy swine.
Kid if you think PUBG is a game about skill I will literally buy you a real game and just laugh as you get your bum pushed in.
People who hate PUBG have nothing to do with not being “good” at it or having no skill.
Do you even understand the group of people you’re talking to? PC invented esports. Invented professional gaming.
Its because they have a formula that gamers want. A less-is-more approach. They’re pretty basic on the surface that are the easy-to-learn hard-to-master types.
Thats so sad so many amazing pc games released that deserve such an honor…but this crap got it
yeah like Minecraft, right?
I’m very happy in announce that I’m not part of it… These statistics.
I never will buy this game barely finished.
Stop feeling guilty for other people’s tastes.
Honestly John, stop posting PUBG articles, your readers don’t like it going by the comment section, every time it breaks a new record is everytime people here don’t care.
Agree, he should only posts Denuvo articles or indie games. The hipsters here hate everything mainstream.
CS GO sold 39,501,571.
this game has never been on a sale
As much as I don’t like Battle Royale game style,or MMO’s in general. PUBG must do something good. And it could be the most sold game,but that does not equals to be best game. Big Twitch players contributed to the hype for sure. And that is the way the wind blows right now. I don’t think we should see this is a only a negative.
Nice profile picture Tomas. 😀
Absolutely disgusting.
cry more
Wtf why are you mocking him? Being a PC gamer requires you to be a Mensa member at the same time. Things like PUBG should not have a spot in PC Gaming.
We know you are.
Did you lose some weight recently from all the crying?
Maybe the shaking from your hatred has caused you to grow some muscles.
Oh nevermind, you’ll always be pathetic.
Meanwhile on Xbox Pubg!
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Lol @ Sp4ctr0!
my eyes!!!!!!!!!!
I can count the frames with one hand . . .
autism + hipsterism = you teenagers on the internet
maybe add little bit of salt and edge to that
It’s depressing the amount of uptight whiners here, no matter what the news is, there is always someone with something negative to say.
It’s as if it’s hip these days to criticise everything.
It obviously is. You should know by now DSOGaming is a hipster site.
That’s why the owner posts a Denuvo article every 2 weeks, even though there is no reason to.
“It’s as if it’s hip these days to criticise everything.”
I agree but I also think lots of it has to do with both money and lack of actually having friends with skill. There I go assuming. And usually being right.
Plus, let’s be honest, DSOG has now become the new Destructoid minus the 100% memes or gifs or anime, but they will be here soon enough.
Well what can I say, this world is full of casuals and it’s attracts more casuals, we invited more casuals to pc gaming and this is the result
Blame the kids.
Um, how do we know it’s the best-selling PC game of all time? Does that include Blizzard’s games? What about the original Half-Life (SteamSpy doesn’t cover sales that happened before Steam existed)? Or the original Doom?
It doesn’t. Several games on PC have sold more copies, including PC exclusives like World of Warcraft.
because calling people mentally deficient for liking this game is funny yes.
something something High iq Rick and Morty for life.
I have a Theory.
A load of people enjoy multiplayer games, but for mostly all those AAA studios make simple multiplayer fun to complicated micromangment. I just want to go in kill some ppl, but instead i have to upgrade and craft my star cards, and then recharge them, and then somehow i am penalized for not having time to play the same amount as other players. (It’s all done because of monetizing) PUBG is only skill/Luck combination w customatzion Lootcrates.
Remember the early days of multiplayer games, I played a lot of Cod 2 and Modern Warfare because it was simple, The original SW battlefront 2. I remember LAN parties. With buddies. (pleasant flashbacks)
The speed of life makes shorter multiplayer games more appeling ??
Mulitplayer gamers usually want fast action. But i like to Invest my time to stories and sp experience.
I’m sure the cheaters love it. Just like CSS and CSGO.
When jank sales, you know we’ll be getting more jank. This is why we can’t have nice things people. You’re voting for unoptimized, amateur garbage.
“This game is good without friends, better with friends.
I just wish I had friends at all.”
Fixed your comment.
You forgot the truth.
Any game is better with friends.
I was hosting RA2 Lans, playing Half Life mods online and still play games like Killing Floor 2 and EDF with IRL friends while leaving more time consuming games like Sins of a Solar Empire and Total War to internet buddies.
And with all that I crawled through plenty of sh*t games like Dead Space 3 and Orion Dino Horde while still having fun with them.
Your strawman is sh*t
Yea but to be fair RA2 is one of the best games ever made. And Sins is fun on its own, as is Half-Life.
And Dead Space 3 is a great game. Orion Dino Horde, not so much lmao.
You should be ashamed. You think console is bad, we also have absolute tons of casuals here. People who are too cheap or poor to afford games or refuse outright even if they have money. Most of the best games ever made are on PC. AoE, CoH, Deus Ex, System Shock, Half-Life, Age of Mythology, Diablo, Path of Exile, Fallout, Wasteland, Command and Conquer, Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Planetside, Rise of Nations, etc etc etc.
Yet no one buys them. Just casuals who only want the latest and the popular, running rampant on PC, buying total trash like PUBG while amazing games go un-recognized.
Even DayZ was fun with friends for a while. Doesn’t change that it’s trash.
Um, no.
Wii Sports sold over 100 million copies. GTA 5 sold like 60 million last time I looked. WoW sold about 60 million as well.
That makes no sense then, Minecraft sold much more than that on a single platform
Low Price Tag
Massive amounts of fun
Simple and quick matches
Fun loot and luck of draw.
Large swaths of Performance issues knocked out for 1.0 release.
All made from a guy who started out without knowing anything about game development, let alone coding anything other than websites.
Take note AAA devs
Uhh… CS:GO has more than 10 million more copies sold than PUBG. Also, WAY more than 30 million have bought WoW.
“The fact you attempted ODH says something about you.”
The difference is that I know it’s trash while you’re there praising Dead Space 3