PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) hits 4 million players on Xbox One

By Richard Devine
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PUBG on Xbox One has hit another huge milestone and to celebrate everyone gets some free stuff.

The rise of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Xbox One continues and the latest milestone announced today is that the title has hit 4 million players. For a game that launched in Game Preview in December 2017, that's astonishing.

Today we're excited to announce another milestone for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG): the community of players on console has now grown to over 4M players! We're thrilled to see the community continue to grow and have been inspired by everyone's enthusiasm for the game – with your ongoing support and feedback we will continue to evolve PUBG and create the best experience for Xbox players.

To celebrate the milestone, anyone who currently plays or starts before January 31 will get 30,000 free battle points to spend in-game on crates filled with cosmetic items to make your character look so much better. Or worse, whichever you choose.

To show the community our appreciation for your support and feedback, we are rewarding players with 30,000 Battle Points to purchase cosmetic crates in the game. Anyone who has purchased or purchases PUBG on Xbox One and has created a character before January 31 at 12AM PST will receive this bonus, so if you've been waiting to jump onto the island, now is the perfect time to become a part of our growing community on console. Bonus Battle Points will be delivered and appear directly in players BP accounts (right below their gamertag) after February 1, 2018 at 12AM PT.

Check out the full story over on the Xbox Wire (opens in new tab).

Richard Devine
Richard Devine
Managing Editor - Tech, Reviews

Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you'll find him steering the site's coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon at mstdn.social/@richdevine

6 Comments
  • What makes gamers love this game soo much? Game doesn't entice me one bit...dunno why? ...and why does the graphics suck soo bad...in 2018??
  • You can't deny it, it's the new big one. Breathtaking!
  • The allure of placing higher than 99 others is what gets me. The graphics make it hard to play now but the gameplay sucks me in a few hours every week. Once it plays better I'll play more of it.
  • It's the adrenaline rush, the sheer excitement of trying to be the last man standing in an all-or-nothing fight to the death is pure bliss :-). You got to be in it to feel it!
    This also demonstrates that even with relatively crappy graphics and questionable smoothness in gameplay, it is the total experience that ultimately matters to players (I think Nintendo has mastered this with their comparatively simple graphics that can run on a tablet but extremely fun games like Mario kart that leaves you giggling like a kid)
  • Well, I don't need a chicken dinner to enjoy this game. True it lags at times but gameplay is awesome.
  • My biggest enemy in this game isn't the other players, but rather the shrinking wall. Most of my deaths are a result of not being able to outrun the wall. But in all fairness I've only played maybe 5 or 6 games so I'm not really familiar with what to do to stay ahead of it.