The PC and console versions of PUBG announced in January that it would be free to play. This Friday, game developer Krafton released the latest earnings report. The report shows that after the game was free, sales on PC increased by 61% year-on-year, reaching $82.3 million in the first quarter.
Console edition sales rose even more, up 124% from the previous quarter and up 274% year over year. The game’s average monthly active users also almost tripled compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
PUBG Mobile is also known as Chicken Dinner. This game landed on Steam in 2017. The previous retail price was 98 yuan, and the PC and console sales exceeded 75 million copies, making it the best-selling game in history. fifth in the game.
Judging from the current Steam evaluation, PUBG Mobile ushered in a wave of play peaks after being free, and then gradually stabilized, which is much better than the data before free.