PUBG (PLAYERUNKNOWN's Battlegrounds) is without a doubt the hottest game on the market, setting sales records almost every week since its launch on Steam Early Access.
Just this weekend, PUBG became the top game ever on Steam when it comes to concurrent users with over 1.3 million players logging online at the same time.
With these kind of numbers being pulled off, Microsoft's agreement with Bluehole to bring the game to Xbox One first this Holiday season definitely feels more important and everyone is starting to wonder whether PUBG can enjoy the same level of success on Microsoft's console.
Earlier today, Head of Xbox division Phil Spencer said on Twitter that he expects a similar success to bringing Minecraft to console and that PUBG will be "very big" on Xbox for many years to come. He also added in a subsequent tweet that having gotten to know the folks at Bluehole, he's incredibly happy for them to have this success.
Similar to bringing Minecraft to console. Different game obviously but I expect PUBG to be very big on Xbox for many years.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
And having gotten to know the team at Blue Hole more, I'm incredibly happy for them. Great to see them having this success
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
Spencer also chimed in on other Xbox related topics. For example, he commented on Black Desert Online, another Korean made game (by Pearl Abyss) that's coming to Xbox One later this year, with no official word on a PlayStation 4 port as of yet.
Black Desert Online is a game I'm really looking forward to launching, game looks great.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
On the topic of upcoming backward compatibility additions, Fable Anniversary should be available soon, according to Spencer, who also regrets that the wishlist feature isn't available yet in their store and would like to see something like 1v100 again.
This should come, it's being worked on now.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
Yep wishlist is something on our roadmap, we should have this already, it's a miss that we don't.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
Me too @shannonloftis
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
He has apparently played a lot of Destiny 2 lately, which prompted a user to ask whether the game will have 4K and/or HDR support on the Xbox One X after all, as nothing has been announced yet. Spencer couldn't really answer that question but he did say that Microsoft has a great working relationship with Bungie, which sounds promising.
Not my place to announce anything but the working relationship with team is great.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) September 19, 2017
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