PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds popularly known as PUBG has been emerged as the biggest game attracting a big audience of gamers in 2017 and indeed gave a tough competition to some of the big competitive game titles including League of Legends , Dota 2 , CounterStrike Global offensive .

Lets take a look at 10 PUBG Facts That you didnt’t know –

10) PUBG is so popular that gamers have bought a virtual bandana nearly worth 1000 $ that came with the original pre order version of the game . Earlier only few people pre ordered and now this bandana has became a rare item which does not drop in any of the crates and is available only with the Original pre order PUBG bundle.

9) PUBG set the world record for most simultaneous players at once .

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The number of players which played PUBG simultaneously records for 1,342,857 beating record of Valve Dota 2

8) Brendon PlayerUnknown Greene creator of PUBG , started in game design by modding ARMA series.

Playing DAYZ a mod for ARMA , led to Brendon interest in modding . Basic concept of PUBG was originated from Battle Royal mod Greene created for PUBG.

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7) Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Winners in PUBG are shown a message ” WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER “. which is a featured carry over from Greene early Battle Royale game-modes . However the concept ” WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER ” dates back to old times .

“’Winner Winner Chicken Dinner’ came from alley craps back in the Depression. They used to play craps in alleys and didn’t always use [money], but if they did it use [money] and they where winning, it meant they they could afford chicken for dinner that night.”

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6) PUBG early access version was first made available on Steam.

PUBG first early access version was released on Steam platform on March 23,2017. Probably after early release , there sale sky rocketed netting 2 million copies sold in just 1 month .

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5) PUBG became best selling game on a single platform for 2017.

In late August 2017 , PUBG became the best selling game on a single platform for 2017.



4) 3D replays

PUBS allows players to record gameplays with cinematic camera views not limited to just simple gameplay but great cinematic footage .

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3) PUBG Adversitement ?

BlueHole Studios didn’t invested any money for advertisement of PUBG. PUBG became popular through its unique gameplay and word of mouth.

2.55% of PUBG owners are CS:GO players

55% of PUBG owners are CS:GO players. They used to play CS:GO 50% more than an average person, now they play 30% less. — Steam Spy (@Steam_Spy) August 28, 2017

According to Steamspy , 55% of PUBG owners are CS:G0 Players . Clearly the lure of a chicken dinner is mighty strong.

2) PUBG is coming to Xbox one X

PUBG has partnered with Microsoft as Distributor .PUBG xbox one x version would be released soon with more awesome cinematic graphics before other consoles and developers are trying to cross match the competitive environment of PC and consoles at later stage .

1) PUBG is coming to PS4 – December 2018 – rumored

A PSN Profile Forum user has spotted PUBG files including steam content id on the Sony Servers with content id code for North America and European

Server . The PS4 version of PUBG is already being spotted on Korean rating board website but . as of now publishers and PUBG have only announced for PC , Xbox One and Mobile .