{"id":677203,"date":"2026-04-05T07:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:12:40","slug":"pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBG has raked in &#8220;80,000 new users per day&#8221; since going free-to-play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>It sounds like <strong>PUBG<\/strong> has done pretty well for itself since going free-to-play, apparently bringing in roughly 80,000 news users a day.<\/p>\n<p>More and more live service games are going free-to-play, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pubg-free-to-play-game-awards\">PUBG having done so in January of this year<\/a>, and <strong>Fall Guys<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/fall-guys-goes-free-to-play-on-xbox-playstation-switch-and-pc-today-release-time\">having done the same in June<\/a>. A big part of that is likely to bring in more players, especially because all of the big, successful live service titles like Apex Legends and Destiny 2 are free-to-play. And according to developer <a href=\"https:\/\/krafton.com\/en\/news\/press\/krafton-inc-reports-revenue-of-729-5-million-usd-946-7-billion-krw-for-the-first-half-of-2022\/\">Krafton&#8217;s preliminary earnings report<\/a> for the first half of 2022, PUBG going free to play has certainly helped.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that since going free-to-play in January, PUBG &#8220;has seen a steady inflow of more than 80,000 new users per day.&#8221; To give you an idea of how many new players that is, PUBG went free-to-play 214 days ago, meaning over 17 million players have signed-up to play the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/pubg-has-raked-in-80000-new-users-per-day-since-going-free-to-play\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like PUBG has done pretty well for itself since going free-to-play, apparently bringing in roughly 80,000 news users a day. More and more live service games are going free-to-play, with PUBG having done so in January of this year, and Fall Guys having done the same in June. A big part of that is likely to bring in more players, especially because all of the big, successful live service titles like Apex Legends and Destiny 2 are free-to-play. And according to developer Krafton&#8217;s preliminary earnings report for the first half of 2022, PUBG going free to play has certainly helped. 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