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PUBG has an Xbox Free Play Days Weekend April 19-22
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All. I'm saying is, at this point we all know what it takes to play online with PS4 and Xbone. So why 5 years after the generation started are we lamenting having to play to use the online services? I would stay 90% of the people interested in playing online have signed up. How many people that wanted to play online are really waiting for the free play weekend of a specific game to decide if they can live with gold or ps+. Yeah it would nice if you didn't have to pay but if you cared you probably already have.
lol, I hope this finally means you'll never quote me in a thread again.
So your "solution" to a problem that doesnt exist is for them to forgo the ridiculous amount of money they are already making and just "gain more players"?
Fucking genius. :D
How are they going to make money if it's free and has no microtransactions.
It's so confusing reading Xbox threads when you already have the people who regularly shit them up on your ignore list.
Back on topic, I have a couple of friends that are still yet to get on this that will be playing. It's going to be fun.
Back on topic, I have a couple of friends that are still yet to get on this that will be playing. It's going to be fun.
I guess it depends on how much you online. If you play everything online then yes, you'd be wise to sub anyway but if you play just a select few games online then there's no point subbing unless those games are in the rota of games you frequently play.
Free weekends represent an opportunity for them to tempt those who aren't subbed into subbing if the game in question clicks with those individuals.
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This free weekend is part of Xbox Free Play Days which is a feature of Xbox Live Gold. It's not just a trial to get people to buy PUBG. Xbox Free Play Days are added incentive to get people to join Xbox Live Gold. They do them all the time and they've always been for Gold subscribers. If you're trying to 'tempt those who aren't subbed into subbing' then adding value to Xbox Live Gold by holding Free Play Days for subscribers is one way to do it. They've been doing it for ages. You can't even download the game during the Free Play Days without Gold so there's no point in removing Gold to play online. You would need Gold to play the game even if it was entirely single player.
If it's a subscriber perk then fair enough. Thank you for explaining.
Just play Mobile version instead. I'm not even exaggerating. I bought PUBG on Xbox X and it still runs like shit. Meanwhile PUBG on iPad Pro runs great and feels much better! Which is telling considering that it's touch control based.
Ehhhh gotta disagree with you there. It runs pretty perfect, imo, on the X. I haven't noticed any glaring issues. And the mobile version is pretty boo-boo, at least on the IPhone X. Screen is waaaaaay too small, and the touch controls work but are pretty meh. And the whole bot thing really turned me off
Framerate is butt when parachuting and takes a minute to stabilize even on the X, and even then it doesn't feel stable.
I agree funny enough Pubg felt better on my Samsung Galaxy with none of the atrocious rubber banding and textures poppin in last minute. They did a great job on mobile.
I actually bought Pubg but havent played it in awhile as Fort Nite has just engulfed me.
Framerate has never really bothered me much, but that's probably why I'm butt at the game itself lol
You must not be sensitive to low framerate/bad input lag at all if you can enjoy X version. I don't consider myself very sensitive to those issues, but often X version feels like I'm playing underwater or something.
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I guess this weekend is the time to get those elusive chicken dinners in with the new free players!
I got my solo and squad dinners in the first week the Xbox version launched. Having ~50 hours of experience on the PC version helped me wipe up in that week. It feels harder now.
I got my solo and squad dinners in the first week the Xbox version launched. Having ~50 hours of experience on the PC version helped me wipe up in that week. It feels harder now.
I agree that it's better but it definitely has some problems that might turn people off.
The biggest problem for me is asset streaming (especially at the start of a game). You'll get the low poly version of the building that looks like a bouncy castle until it loads which can really mess you up (more so if you land on a roof because you just bob up and down) and textures can take a while to load if you get to a house quickly either from the jump or a vehicle.
Also the framerate gets real choppy if the circle happens to go over a city or somewhere with a lot of hiding places because too many people end up surviving and coming together.
I'm not sure that exposing people to it yet is the best idea but it mostly works now at least and is still incredibly fun.
The biggest problem for me is asset streaming (especially at the start of a game). You'll get the low poly version of the building that looks like a bouncy castle until it loads which can really mess you up (more so if you land on a roof because you just bob up and down) and textures can take a while to load if you get to a house quickly either from the jump or a vehicle.
Also the framerate gets real choppy if the circle happens to go over a city or somewhere with a lot of hiding places because too many people end up surviving and coming together.
I'm not sure that exposing people to it yet is the best idea but it mostly works now at least and is still incredibly fun.
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I stopped playing for a couple months and went back to it on the newest patch. Zero crashes, less rubber banding and the gun fights hold up better. I might be wrong, but I think it has improved quite a bit visually as well. Still not perfect, but its been much improved.
Weird. I only play FPP solo really and never waited that long. Not even late last night.
Looks like it's time to use that free trial, been holding onto it for something like this over a weekend I'm off.
Yeah because we know these two games compete head to head and share the same audience right? There's always the review thread if you want to continue to jerk it about God of war.
It's been weeks since I fired this up, and this is probably a great chance to jump back into the thick of it.
Even outside of threads for particular platforms/publishers, it sometimes takes me a minute to figure out what the heck is going on, lol.
It can be interesting the times you recognize the "fingerprint" of particular offending poster from just other people's reactions.
Even outside of threads for particular platforms/publishers, it sometimes takes me a minute to figure out what the heck is going on, lol.
It can be interesting the times you recognize the "fingerprint" of particular offending poster from just other people's reactions.
Just tried it on OG X1, getting out of the plane is a pain in the ass and the few seconds after you land textures pop in like crazy, but after that it ran smooth enough. Manage to survive till 40ish just roaming around with a pistol without finding anyone else, then i saw a car lying near a building that totally looked like a trap but i wanted to test driving controls, so i got in and surprise! it was a trap and someone shot me to death
I can see why people enjoy it but eh. Not for me. Dont think i will be playing it much or at all till the end of FPD. On a positive note its weird seeing a game being under 6GB today so even people with shitty internet will be able to join the fun all around
I can see why people enjoy it but eh. Not for me. Dont think i will be playing it much or at all till the end of FPD. On a positive note its weird seeing a game being under 6GB today so even people with shitty internet will be able to join the fun all around
Amazon just got flooded with returns of PSN codes. Readily available now
they really should polish it up a bit more before they invite people in, I had a bad run of games this week where it crashed or I got stuck in a random wall/table that loaded in late. then I made it to top ten, with a silenced sniper rifle and ghillie suit and it crashed again and I obviously couldn't get back in fast enough, so that was infuriating. that happening to someone coming in just playing for free would just turn them off forever on this game, you really need to play it for a few hours before things click and get fun
I mostly agree.
They are nice for people to play some hot game with their online gamer friends for a weekend though, even if they have no intention of buying the game or service. Which is why they require Live for the trial as they're not interested in people with no intention of buying the game or a Live sub playing. Vs. PC or Switch (until fall anyway) where you can hop on free weekends of Arms etc. and play then and never again (until the next one anyway).
The mobile versions not only run but play a lot better even on the lowest end hardware and pings in the hundreds. There is something wrong at the core of the Xbox version causing it to feel like a slug and I have a feeling that's part of the reason why the game struggles with LOD streaming and frame rate being consistent.
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Shit, good work! When you get to the last ten it always starts my heart pumping. Nice job!
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I would love it if it did (as a huge PUBG fan) but Fortnite just launched their time limited 50 v 50 mode and people LOVE that. It's also the perfect mode for grinding out stars on their battle pass. So a lot of Fortnite is gonna get played this weekend i'd think.
Cheers! I think I was pretty lucky honestly. I only got 4 kills and the last was a bit of a cheese.
Still very tense, I definitely had sweaty palms.
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Decided to fire the game up for the first time for a while due to this.
I see people still camp the bridge. Is this a valid tactic? Seems incredibly stupid to camp there.
I see people still camp the bridge. Is this a valid tactic? Seems incredibly stupid to camp there.
Wow I tried this and it actually made me nauseous.
Its been a while since I played a game that ran this badly. Ugh.
Its been a while since I played a game that ran this badly. Ugh.
Still utter toilet on the One X, frame rate is woeful as is the responsiveness of the controls. Glad I didn't pay money for it.
Stick to Fortnite.
Stick to Fortnite.