Games like PUBG and Warzone are becoming Fortnite, and it`s a problem.
To get an idea of what the current market for battle royales looks like, you have to start at the beginning with PUBG.
Out of all the battle royales flooding the video game market, I`ve always felt like PUBG Battlegrounds, previously known as PlayerUnknown`s Battlegrounds, was the most grounded. Of course, the idea of 100 people being dropped over an island to duke it out until one remains standing is inherently fantastical, but as the first of the current battle royale craze when it launched in 2017, it always felt the most realistic. There weren`t any Marvel skins, guns that shot goo, or amazing superpowers; it was a straightforward shooter with very few frills minus some cool clothes and a brutal frying pan melee weapon.
However, as more games sought to get in on what PUBG was presenting, the original fell by the wayside. The brand isn`t a failure by any means. Battlegrounds still has thousands of concurrent...
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