PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is pulling in more concurrent players than Counter Strike: Global Offensive. Well, it was for a brief time, anyway.
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene announced the news on Twitter, thanking “one and all” for pushing CS:GO’s concurrent players total (238,742) temporarily below Bluehole’s 239,167.
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For a brief moment tonight, @PUBATTLEGROUNDS had more players online than @csgo_dev! Thank you one and all pic.twitter.com/BYN7qdSTgB
— PLAYERUNKNOWN (@BattleRoyaleMod) July 9, 2017
After shifting four million copies in its opening three months, it’s safe to say the Early Access battle-royale shooter has been a breakout hit. So while this marks the first time PUBG has surpassed CS:GO on the concurrent chart, it’s likely it won’t be the last.
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