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0 pointsmmanfrin8y ago0 comments

  two very different games fundamentally

No they are not. Sure, they have different art styles, some different mechanics, but they are the two largest Battle Royale games out right now. The only games I would consider to be closer to PUBG than Fortnite are perhaps H1Z1 and the Arma mod (that PUBG devs made).

However, as for:

  Why does it need to be a zero sum game with one winner

It doesn't, but I am so thoroughly frustrated with the PUGB developers that I hope they suffer financially enough to do something about their poor development practices.

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hesdeadjim8y ago

Yes, they are different. Fortnite is arcade-y and the end game changes significantly due to the building mechanic. PUBG is much more methodical and strategic. I play both for different reasons and clearly the market can support two wildly successful battle royale games with 3mil+ CCU. So again, why do need to have a “winner”?

Your desire to see them suffer because god forbid the servers go down for five hours is an example of the shitty toxicity game developers have to deal with from fans nowadays. Blue hole isn’t Epic, they don’t have the resources or the comparable talent, but they made a really fun game. Isn’t that enough for $29.99?

Arzh8y ago

Fortnite started out as something very different and they made the Battle Royal part of it free which is why it has so much traction.

tenpaiyomi8y ago

Dev, singular. PlayerUnknown/Brendan Greene did the ARMA 2 and 3 mods by himself, and was brought in by Daybreak/SOE to direct the creation of the H1Z1 BR mode.

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