PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a worldwide phenomenon, but make no mistake about it: it may not translate well if developers are serious about bringing it to the big screen, comic books, and turning it into a Netflix special.

2017 will go down in the history books as a huge year not only for gaming in general but for the massive impact of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG. It took the online gaming scene by storm and became the biggest game of the year thanks to having millions of concurrent gamers playing at the same time, doing their best to earn a chicken dinner.

When PUBG hit the Xbox One, it also became a huge console hit. Preorders for the game were huge and despite having so many issues at launch, developers continue to patch the game on PC and Xbox One to continue making it a seamless experience to satisfy gamers in every match they’re a part of.

The only problem is, developers are now thinking about making PUBG even bigger. No, they’re not talking about a sequel to the game or maybe some future DLC, but rather, taking the franchise to other forms of media.

In an article written by Liana Ruppert of ComicBook.com, she confirmed that developers are considering taking PUBG into movies, esports, drama, and who knows, maybe even a television series on Netflix. Here’s what Ruppert quoted from an online interview with CEO Chang Han Kim on what’s next for the franchise:

“I’d like PUBG to become a universal media franchise based on the game. We want to take part in diverse industries including Esports, movies, drama, cartoons, animation, and more. In fact, we received a couple of love calls from a number of developers in Hollywood and Netflix. Our dream is to build a new game-based culture through various ways like this, and have the lead of that culture.”

The biggest problem is that it will be incredibly hard to turn PUBG into a movie or even a television series on Netflix since there really aren’t any major characters in the game, any explanations as to why they’re even fighting each other, or anything that describes what happens when you’re the last player standing except for, again, winning a hypothetical or literal chicken dinner.

Yes, it’s a cute concept when you win it all, but developers need to temper their expectations about how successful PUBG would be in other outlets besides being a battle royale online video game. There has yet to be a video game turned into a major motion picture that ended up being good, let alone financially successful.

If anything, the right direction would be to put PUBG into the category of esports since not only does that make sense, but it would push the scene to even bigger heights. The esports scene is mostly dominated by games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, and even Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. There’s no bigger battle royale game out that’s even close to the player base of PUBG and if they can cater towards professional esports players, it would ensure it’s long-term growth for a very bright future.

While PUBG had its own esports tournament not to long ago, it was a huge success, and that was while the game was still in beta. But to put PUBG into a movie or turn it into a Netflix special would have a higher chance of being a flop and a disaster rather than focusing more on making the game even more engaging and appealing for gamers.

Developers would be wise to continue fixing all the glitches and performance issues of the game until it’s at a flawless state and focus on developing some incredible DLC as their next logical step. The possibilities are endless as to what they can do with different game modes, introducing a story mode/co-op, special events, and everything else in between. The game is red hot right now but that can disappear faster than a New York minute if developers switch their focus towards a comic book or a cartoon on PUBG because they want to capitalize on their popularity instead of on the game that continues to dominate the gaming scene.

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