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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds generated in 2018 more than 900 million dollars of benefits thanks to the PC version

Estimated earnings for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds have been released, mostly coming from the PC version of the game.

Battle Royale games are a money making machine, as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or Fortnite have shown. The first of the two, PUBG, is extremely lucrative, even if it is no longer the most played. PUBG Corp, a company created to manage everything that has to do with the game. The company's earnings are impressive and it is thanks to two factors: the Asian market and PC gaming.

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PUBG generates millions thanks to the Asian market and PC gaming

Fortnite managed to be the most played Battle Royale game, stealing the position from PUBG. The arrival of Apex Legends is causing major problems for Fortnite. Despite all this, it seems that things are going very well for PUBG. According to Niko Partners' analyst Daniel Ahmad, PUBG Corp achieved total revenue of $ 2018 million in 920.

These data show that even if you are not the king of the industry, having a good game and taking care of it is a gold mine. The video game industry moves hundreds of millions of dollars and users are looking for other things. Selling the game in chunks is becoming less attractive and people want constant new content.

Asia, according to the data, has accounted for 53% of the company's total revenues, with a total of almost 488 million dollars. Most of the company's revenue comes from the PC version of this game. It has mainly to do with the popularity of the game in Internet cafes in South Korea and Asia.

This report highlights that 85% of the company's income, which is about 790 million dollars. It should be noted that only 6.2% of the company's revenues have to do with the console version. The remaining 8.8% come from the smartphone version of PUBG Mobile.

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Robert Sole

Director of Contents and Writing of this same website, technician in renewable energy generation systems and low voltage electrical technician. I work in front of a PC, in my free time I am in front of a PC and when I leave the house I am glued to the screen of my smartphone. Every morning when I wake up I walk across the Stargate to make some coffee and start watching YouTube videos. I once saw a dragon ... or was it a Dragonite?

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