PUBG Mobile is, along with Call of Duty Mobile and Garena Free Fire, one of the most played battle royales on mobiles. This game has millions of users globally, as well as being one of the titles that generate the most money in the Google Play Store.
In recent months, various reports have been leaking that indicate a new PUBG. Some called it PUBG 2.0, but for a couple of days we have known that it will be released soon as PUBG: NewState. This new game will be another competition for PUBG Mobile, despite being from the same people from PUBG Corporation. This is where Tencent and Krafton, two famous and important video game studios, will see each other, measuring each other shoulder to shoulder.
Will PUBG Mobile die at the hands of PUBG: New State?
Since the release of the PUBG: New State trailer, the impact within the PUBG community at large has been great. Tencent's PUBG Mobile players, a game that has been released for almost three years, have seen it favorably, but not all. There is joy on the part of some, while others do not want the launch of a new title that will rival PUBG Mobile, at least not so directly.
PUBG: New State will keep the essence of PUBG Mobile, or that's the promise, but in a futuristic environment of 2051. Therefore, there will be different cars, maps and tactical objects, as well as other things that we will discover later. But ... will this be enough for PUBG Mobile to die?
The intention of the launch of PUBG: New State is not that PUBG Mobile runs out of players and that the battle royale goes to the background, far from it. However, this is what could happen if the new game is considerably better and abides by the following three keys (in no order of priority), which have been a big problem in PUBG Mobile, causing the discontent of many players:
Zero hackers
The topic of hackers has been one of the biggest problems PUBG Mobile has suffered. In season 15, let's remember, it was when it became unbearable. Many were the players who complained about the countless appearances of other players with «Chetos»That damaged the gaming experience, by having programs and applications that owe it an unusual and quite large advantage over others. Some of the hacks most used were the antenna, only headshots and super speed.
Luckily, Tencent applied measures through updates that almost completely eliminated this problem, so currently it is rare to find hackers in classic games.
However, the damage to the game was, in part, irreparable. Many were the players who left PUBG Mobile completely, frustrated that they couldn't rank up because of it, and moved to CoD or Free Fire for that matter, so much so that PUBG Mobile downloads dropped significantly back then.
If PUBG: New State watches out for hackers at all times and guarantees a playerless gaming experience with perks provided through illegal apps, it will undoubtedly be a more interesting option than PUBG Mobile for many.
Better servers for lower latency
PUBG Mobile has numerous servers around the world, so it can be played practically anywhere. However, despite the fact that the game has servers deployed in key areas to offer a good connection and latency for players, the case of Latin America is different.
While in Europe, the United States and Asia practically any player can easily count on a stable latency of less than 100 ms on their own servers, in Latin America and some Central American countries they barely have latencies of between 150 and 200 ms on average, even with a good internet.
In battle royale games like these, latency is the most important for a good experience. It is the daily nightmare for many with ping greater than 100 ms to have to meet players with ping of 20 ms; in most cases (except for skill), the one with the best latency wins the match.
So if PUBG: New State guarantees servers around the world that can offer good latency to all of its players, regardless of region, it could gain a significant number of players from the moment of its launch.
No roulette wheels and overpriced skins
Many will agree that PUBG Mobile is a very expensive game. While it's free to download, install, and play, items sold within the game, ranging from weapon skins to upgrades to costumes, can cost hundreds of dollars.
PUBG: New State could take advantage of this and offer skins and objects that are cheaper and supportive of the players' pockets. In addition, if you offer objects directly and with fixed prices, without roulette wheels that demand luck as in the case of PUBG Mobile, more than one player would be interested in these. This would be a more honest way to offer skins.
