▲ 340 ▼ Palworld is now the second ever game to hit 2 million concurrent players on Steam (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/steam@lemmy.ml 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 child) pubg, at 3.2 million concurrent players 6 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pronell@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Thanks. I'm not really a mainstream gamer anymore. I don't even know what genre pubg is, heh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Dagge@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago It's a Battle Royal, basically a big map that shrinks over time and if you are outside the "play area" you receive damage until you get inside again or you die. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) PUBG introduced a brand new genre, which is why it was so popular at the time. Lots of games have popped up to copy it since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 12 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Pubg wasn't the first. The crown for that is for H1Z1 or Z1 battle royale as it's known these days. It was a dayZ clone with a stand alone battle royale version. Even H1Z1 wasn't the first if you include mods for Arma, minecraft, DayZ and probably more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pubg standalone may not have been first, but in its mod form for arma i think it was the first. Someone less lazy can probably look up the specific dates permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Super Bomberman from the SNES already had the concept of a looting, survival multiplayer game in a shrinking map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dreamer@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's nothing new under the sun. If you keep pointing at technicalities you're going to find that not much of anything is original or a new idea. I think PUBG gets the credit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asnabel@szmer.info 9 points 2 years ago crying H1Z1 noises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) Thanks. I'm not really a mainstream gamer anymore. I don't even know what genre pubg is, heh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Dagge@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago It's a Battle Royal, basically a big map that shrinks over time and if you are outside the "play area" you receive damage until you get inside again or you die. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) PUBG introduced a brand new genre, which is why it was so popular at the time. Lots of games have popped up to copy it since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 12 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Pubg wasn't the first. The crown for that is for H1Z1 or Z1 battle royale as it's known these days. It was a dayZ clone with a stand alone battle royale version. Even H1Z1 wasn't the first if you include mods for Arma, minecraft, DayZ and probably more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pubg standalone may not have been first, but in its mod form for arma i think it was the first. Someone less lazy can probably look up the specific dates permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Super Bomberman from the SNES already had the concept of a looting, survival multiplayer game in a shrinking map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dreamer@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's nothing new under the sun. If you keep pointing at technicalities you're going to find that not much of anything is original or a new idea. I think PUBG gets the credit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asnabel@szmer.info 9 points 2 years ago crying H1Z1 noises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dagge@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago It's a Battle Royal, basically a big map that shrinks over time and if you are outside the "play area" you receive damage until you get inside again or you die. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) PUBG introduced a brand new genre, which is why it was so popular at the time. Lots of games have popped up to copy it since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 12 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Pubg wasn't the first. The crown for that is for H1Z1 or Z1 battle royale as it's known these days. It was a dayZ clone with a stand alone battle royale version. Even H1Z1 wasn't the first if you include mods for Arma, minecraft, DayZ and probably more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pubg standalone may not have been first, but in its mod form for arma i think it was the first. Someone less lazy can probably look up the specific dates permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Super Bomberman from the SNES already had the concept of a looting, survival multiplayer game in a shrinking map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dreamer@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's nothing new under the sun. If you keep pointing at technicalities you're going to find that not much of anything is original or a new idea. I think PUBG gets the credit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asnabel@szmer.info 9 points 2 years ago crying H1Z1 noises permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DosDude 12 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Pubg wasn't the first. The crown for that is for H1Z1 or Z1 battle royale as it's known these days. It was a dayZ clone with a stand alone battle royale version. Even H1Z1 wasn't the first if you include mods for Arma, minecraft, DayZ and probably more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pubg standalone may not have been first, but in its mod form for arma i think it was the first. Someone less lazy can probably look up the specific dates permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Super Bomberman from the SNES already had the concept of a looting, survival multiplayer game in a shrinking map. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dreamer@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's nothing new under the sun. If you keep pointing at technicalities you're going to find that not much of anything is original or a new idea. I think PUBG gets the credit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pubg standalone may not have been first, but in its mod form for arma i think it was the first. Someone less lazy can probably look up the specific dates permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Tak@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago Super Bomberman from the SNES already had the concept of a looting, survival multiplayer game in a shrinking map. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dreamer@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's nothing new under the sun. If you keep pointing at technicalities you're going to find that not much of anything is original or a new idea. I think PUBG gets the credit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DosDude 4 points 2 years ago This is a very shortsighted stance on this. It's not a technicality. H1Z1 was released almost 2 years earlier. It was, and will always be the first stand alone battle royale game. You also underestimate the popularity of H1Z1 back in the day. The creator of PUBG was even a consultant there, before developing PUBG. permalink fedilink source parent