Bluehole abandons “fix PUBG” campaign, will focus on build stability and quality

mlappy · Nov 17, 2018

https://m.windowscentral.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-pubg-abandons-fix-pubg-campaign

Beware upcoming ps4 owners

MOD EDIT:

In an open letter to players published on Steam, executive producer Taeseok Jang admitted the developer, PUBG Corp. had "overlooked issues that matter to you" as it focused on providing new content quickly "while supplementing battle royale gameplay". PUBG Corp. has "reflected a lot on our mistakes," Taeseok Jang added.

As a result, PUBG Corp. has shifted priorities for its 2019 roadmap. Now, build stability and quality are "our most important value", ahead of battle royale gameplay and new content.

"At first, this is likely to slow down our build cadence, but as these processes become more proficient, we hope to provide new content as fast as before, while maintaining our new stability and quality-first goal," Taeseok Jang said.

"While we cannot say how long this will take, we promise you that we will give our best efforts to reach this stage as quickly as possible."

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...aign-over-as-it-changes-development-direction

Lannisters1798 · Nov 17, 2018

How does the game perform on Xbox and PC's nowadays? I'm tempted to get this on PS4, when it's dirt cheap.

TemplaerDude · Nov 17, 2018

More accurate title would be "Bluehole had no intention of ever fixing PUBG".

juliamcardinals · Nov 17, 2018

What a joke, bluehole deserves all the shit they are getting

Deleted member 42 · Nov 17, 2018

'My job here is done'

'But you didn't do anything..'

Hanbei · Nov 17, 2018

So does that mean this game is beyond fixing?

XSX · Nov 17, 2018

I know they'll keep fixing the game but that sounds so bad lol

Dreamboum · Nov 17, 2018

This is really funny

0451 · Nov 17, 2018

Abandoned? They released a timeframe for how long the campaign was going to be on and we're at the end of that timeframe... Now they're just incorporating bug fixing and polishing the game into their regular development schedule without branding it as some special campaign.

Blizzard abandons Halloween event. Epic Games abandons Season 6 Battle Pass.

Duxxy3 · Nov 17, 2018

BronsonLee said:
'My job here is done'

'But you didn't do anything..'

Didn't I?

sschol · Nov 17, 2018

Jesus, they really miscarried the fuck out of this game

HStallion · Nov 17, 2018

Bethesda and Blue Hole should team up for a Fall Out battle royale. What could go wrong?

mlappy · Nov 17, 2018

I haven't t

Lannisters1798 said:
How does the game perform on Xbox and PC's nowadays? I'm tempted to get this on PS4, when it's dirt cheap.

I haven't touched it since Blackout

WellbornWarrior · Nov 17, 2018

That isn't really the message I've got from the official statement?

They basically just said they can't stay in their planned schedule and extend the whole thing.

Deleted member 198 · Nov 17, 2018

Today, Bluehole announced that it was abandoning Fix PUBG and instead focusing on build stability and quality. According to a report by Eurogamer, the team said that "While this is the end of the Fix PUBG campaign, we will go forward in our development, improve our processes, and redouble our efforts with the lessons learned." It's unclear if build stability and quality refers to performance on consoles or other issues. Hopefully the frame rate and visual quality will be the focus here. At this rate it doesn't seem like PUBG will be truly "fixed" anytime soon, especially on Xbox One.

Way to bury the lede, smh

chandoog · Nov 17, 2018

If the Xbox version is an indicator of what happens when first party helped making it, I want to see what kind of a clusterfuck the PS4 version will be.

Aokiji · Nov 17, 2018

lmao man fortnite is kicking these guys in the rear so bad

FormatCompatible · Nov 17, 2018

HStallion said:
Bethesda and Blue Hole should team up for a Fall Out battle royale. What could go wrong?

'We're opening everyone up to all new spectacular issues'.

jelly · Nov 17, 2018

BronsonLee said:
'My job here is done'

'But you didn't do anything..'

Hyperbole · Nov 17, 2018

Bluehole sure have made some poor decisions with PUBG.

Deleted member 42 · Nov 17, 2018

Magwik said:
Way to bury the lede, smh

Bury what lede

Hyperbole · Nov 17, 2018

chandoog said:
If the Xbox version is an indicator of what happens when first party helped making it, I want to see what kind of a clusterfuck the PS4 version will be.

LOl yeah..that was nothing but PR BS.....Bluehole tried to take MS easy money. I am sure any Pub would have helped them, and it's not like bluehole never had money after 25 million steam sales

Richter1887 · Nov 17, 2018

Today, Bluehole announced that it was abandoning Fix PUBG and instead focusing on build stability and quality. According to a report by Eurogamer, the team said that "While this is the end of the Fix PUBG campaign, we will go forward in our development, improve our processes, and redouble our efforts with the lessons learned." It's unclear if build stability and quality refers to performance on consoles or other issues. Hopefully the frame rate and visual quality will be the focus here. At this rate it doesn't seem like PUBG will be truly "fixed" anytime soon, especially on Xbox One.

What does this even mean?

"We will kill the Fix PUBG program but will fix these issue" What?

Joe2187 · Nov 17, 2018

Fortnite to Blue Hole

DontHateTheBacon · Nov 17, 2018

Lmao. What a trajectory this game took as soon as another major game entered the fray behind them.

ZhugeEX · Nov 17, 2018

Added details to the title and OP.

mlappy Please ensure that you title threads correctly and add detail to the OP next time.

Silky · Nov 17, 2018

What a garbage OP title

TheBaldwin · Nov 17, 2018

Richter1887 said:
What does this even mean?

"We will kill the Fix PUBG program but will fix these issue" What?

Seems like they are still basically doing stablility and performance updates, just dont want to be accoutnable for the pressure of setting actual dates or goals.

Baked Pigeon · Nov 17, 2018

Lannisters1798 said:
How does the game perform on Xbox and PC's nowadays? I'm tempted to get this on PS4, when it's dirt cheap.

Honestly, it runs like trash on my 1X. Outside of the FPS and bug problems, my main complaint is the overall clunkyness of the game. They basically took the PC game and mapped it to an Xbox controller. None of the menus or inventory in the game feel fluid or practical on a controller because of it.

If your looking for a fun, quality battle royal experience on a console, I would just stick to COD4 Blackout.

nekkid · Nov 17, 2018

Microsoft sure lucked out when Bluehole said no to their purchase offer. I'd imagine that's well and truly off the table now.

ChoklitCow · Nov 17, 2018

I don't even know why they would make a statement like this. Just seems like a horrible PR misstep.

Frozenprince · Nov 17, 2018

Hanbei said:
So does that mean this game is beyond fixing?

Kinda. A lot of the issues stem from the fact that they never expected the game to explode as quickly as it did. The prebuilt assets and engine it's running on just wasn't built for it. But they can't just scrap it all and move everything or build it by hand without significant issues

thejpfin · Nov 17, 2018

mlappy said:
I haven't touched it since Blackout

Same. Blackout is not perfect, but it's way less buggier than PUBG. I'm not even sure do I want to try PUBG again when that new snow map hits.

Burrman · Nov 17, 2018

The game doesn't look too hot on Xbox but it plays pretty fine IMO. Still one of my fav games this gen easily. Haven't touched any other MP game since it's released. Way more fun than fortnite

Askherserenity · Nov 17, 2018

Still can't get over how bad they have fucked themselves over and pretty much invited every other game company to eat their lunch.

Frozenprince · Nov 17, 2018

nekkid said:
Microsoft sure lucked out when Bluehole said no to their purchase offer. I'd imagine that's well and truly off the table now.

Yes because owning a company that just produced one of the best selling games in history would be a bad play.

Y'all don't live in reality sometimes. The statement is just "we couldn't fix everything we wanted to fix within the time frame we set with the fixPUBG program. So we are continuing server side and performance fixes into the new year while putting content development on the back burner"

But of course we always have to be hyperbolic when it comes to this game for some reason.

Deleted member 23212 · Nov 17, 2018

nekkid said:
Microsoft sure lucked out when Bluehole said no to their purchase offer. I'd imagine that's well and truly off the table now.

When was this?

Hella · Nov 17, 2018

They fooled me. When I first read the news, I didn't realise they meant they were abandoning FIX PUBG...

demondance · Nov 17, 2018

Content development should be on the back burner for this game. Bugs and performance fixes are so much more important than anything else, especially this long into its life.

I don't see what's controversial here. This is what many were asking for. Just... Fix the game. Add new content when the game is a more enjoyable experience at the base level.

Frozenprince · Nov 17, 2018

demondance said:
Content development should be on the back burner for this game. Bugs and performance fixes are so much more important than anything else, especially this long into its life.

I don't see what's controversial here. This is what many were asking for. Just... Fix the game. Add new content when the game is a more enjoyable experience at the base level.

This. Seriously. They're saying exactly what people have been demanding from them and still getting blasted for it.

Frozenprince · Nov 17, 2018

Hella said:
They fooled me. When I first read the news, I didn't realise they meant they were abandoning FIX PUBG...

They aren't. They're just not going to hit the goal that they set which was to have these fixes done by the end of this year so they are going to continue bug fixing and server stability fixes past the date the program ends.

This isn't hard to understand.

petethepanda · Nov 17, 2018

It's fascinating how PUBG seemed to immediately lose any sense of identity the moment it started to get overshadowed by Fortnite. I haven't played a whole lot of the game since the early months, but it really seems like they're constantly scrambling to "catch up" instead of just doubling down on what people liked about it in the first place.

mlappy · Nov 17, 2018

Frozenprince said:
They aren't. They're just not going to hit the goal that they set which was to have these fixes done by the end of this year so they are going to continue bug fixing and server stability fixes past the date the program ends.

This isn't hard to understand.

Yeah, they were just too busy releasing joker and Harley 30$ skins. Priorities

Just Some Rando · Nov 17, 2018

That Windows Central article has a terrible take on the end of that Fix-It campaign; the game's got issues still, though.

On the basic Xbox console, the past two weeks has had a step back in performance. Playdough houses are back (though nowhere near as bad as pre-0.87 build) , issues have returned with forming & leaving squads, some driving bugs cause CTD, and general plane-loading times have increased substantially.

I think the important part is in the second linked article:

PUBG Corp. has shifted priorities for its 2019 roadmap. Now, build stability and quality are "our most important value", ahead of battle royale gameplay and new content.

That's definitely what they need to work on, before adding more cosmetic junk to the Store. (They also dropped the ball with that one-off Seasonal Event pass). I'm quite happy for all that extra material to be put on hold, while they focus on stability first.

nekkid · Nov 17, 2018

Oheao said:
When was this?

Earlier in 2017, I believe.

Frozenprince said:
Yes because owning a company that just produced one of the best selling games in history would be a bad play.

Y'all don't live in reality sometimes. The statement is just "we couldn't fix everything we wanted to fix within the time frame we set with the fixPUBG program. So we are continuing server side and performance fixes into the new year while putting content development on the back burner"

But of course we always have to be hyperbolic when it comes to this game for some reason.

Are you going to say it would have been a good purchase?

Vic Damone Jr. · Nov 17, 2018

BronsonLee said:
'My job here is done'

'But you didn't do anything..'

Border · Nov 17, 2018

nekkid said:
Are you going to say it would have been a good purchase?

It would have arguably been a better purchase than Ninja Theory or Compulsion or Obsidian. PUBG is a bigger hit than any of their games probably ever will be.

Of course the devil is in the details though......how much would they have paid for Bluehole?

Hella · Nov 17, 2018

Richter1887 said:
What does this even mean?

"We will kill the Fix PUBG program but will fix these issue" What?

Yeah, it's confusing.

Frozenprince said:
They aren't. They're just not going to hit the goal that they set which was to have these fixes done by the end of this year so they are going to continue bug fixing and server stability fixes past the date the program ends.

This isn't hard to understand.

Richter's quote above sort of hits how I'm reading it--it's just a very muddled announcement.

Like, just announce that you're extending FIX PUBG if that's the case. Announcing that you're killing it while continuing it on is just, like, what?

Kenjovani · Nov 17, 2018

It was funny when ppl were saying Sony only players were missing out and salty. I bought and played pubg for about 2 weeks before I ditched it for H1Z1 on consoles so that should say alot. Blackout right now is what Pubg wish it was.

Pyro · Nov 17, 2018

I'm sure they'll keep working on the game but that entire campaign slogan looked so bad from the outside looking in, and now that they're abandoning that campaign, yikes.

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