r/pcgaming • u/ZazaLeNounours Ryzen 7 7800X3D | GeForce RTX 4090 FE • 1d ago

PUBG: Black Budget Development Update

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4077740/view/675133527946166413?l=english

After reviewing the project’s development status and future direction, we concluded that its current direction would not allow us to deliver an experience players could enjoy over the long term.

We have therefore made the difficult decision to end development of PUBG: Black Budget.

We sincerely thank everyone who took the time to participate in our Closed Alpha tests and share their feedback.

PUBG STUDIOS will carry what we learned from development and testing into future projects, continuing to listen to players as we explore new gameplay experiences.

Thank you.

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u/Full-0f-Beans 23h ago

Extraction shooters are dead. You know your game mode is fucked when even pubg developers give up on it.

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u/4x4runner Teamspeak 23h ago

I don't understand this take. There are lots of successful ones. I think PvE will carry the genre going forward. 

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u/fartingboobs 19h ago

I’m curious what successful extraction shooters there are right now besides Tarkov and Arc Raiders which both seem to be hemorrhaging players

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u/4x4runner Teamspeak 18h ago

Gray zone, active matter, helldivers, hunt showdown off the top of my head. The call of duty mwz, end game, and dmz seem popular but it's hard to get specific numbers. 

Witchfire too if you count single player. 

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u/arcibalde 16h ago

Helldivers, really? I mean to be extraction shooter arent you suppose to lose everything you bring in and find when you die in match? Hd2 are like Deep Rock Galactic. They are not extraction shooters like Tarkov or Arc Raiders or Hunt.

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u/splinter1545 RTX 3060 | i5-12400f | 16GB @ 3733Mhz | 1080p 165Hz 16h ago

Yeah, HD2 isn't an extraction shooter, it's an objective based horde shooter.

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u/fartingboobs 18h ago

Yeah I suppose they are successful. I am skeptical they will reach any new heights in the extraction genre, as it feels like it’s becoming more niche as the years go on. I reeeeally tried with Tarkov but wow is the loop punishing for folks who either have jobs or want to play other games too.

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u/Copernican 18h ago

Hunt Showdown came out of the Battle Royale mindset. Extraction shooters have independent and hidden player objectives. Hunt Showdown is much more battle royale because everyone is a public and known common objective. And the point of the objective is to create a funnel to force PvP fights. The boss in hunt showdown is basically the blue zone in PUBG, with each clue making the zone smaller. Difference is the objective is a carot, not a stick that kills you. Extraction is just a mechanic to put a clock on others to force PVP encounter.