r/MonsterHunter • u/JFboi ​ • Mar 03 '25

MH Wilds Guys this is crazy

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u/National_Vehicle8342 Mar 03 '25

It'll certainly get lower with time but still, competing with f2p games on release is INSANE

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u/pasher5620 Mar 03 '25

The fact that it’s #5 on steams all time concurrent player records is insane. I also had a look at who the top spot was and I do not remember PUBG having that many players.

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u/NZillia Mar 03 '25

It’s easy to forget since the fortnite takeover but pubg was an inescapable juggernaut for a few months. A lot of fortnite’s early success came from BR fans wanting a change from pubg with something that had shorter, more action packed games.

Also, much like CS, it’s huge in eastern europe.

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u/Stirfryed1 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

BR fans wanting a change from pubg with something that had

Fewer hackers. That's why we left pubg to die. Refusal to region lock China and the abundance of cheaters.

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u/SharkBaitDLS ​ Mar 03 '25

to die

It’s still right there on the list at number 3. 

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u/Stirfryed1 Mar 03 '25

Fair point. But I mean that PUBG is dead to western audiences.

I wish we could filter that chart by region, it'd be a pretty interesting stat to see. I imagine it's >80% Asian players.

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u/ProvocativeCacophony Mar 03 '25

I'm not stupid enough to think it's exclusively them, but man it's frustrating how much people complain about "Chinese hackers" ruining multiplayer games.

It use to just be assholes modifying their gamertags in Modern Warfare lobbies, but now it's shit like "invades you in Elden Ring and corrupts your game files" level fucked up.

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u/Stirfryed1 Mar 03 '25

Yeah, I'm not saying all Chinese gamers are cheaters, or that every PCBang machine comes preloaded with the latest hack client. But it was a legitimate problem that the dev team took too long to address. To the point they now do monthly updates on the cheating problem.

Shoot, here's a recent ban report from the dev team. https://pubg.com/en/news/8217

75,000 banned accounts for cheating in a week. And that number looks pretty consistent across multiple months.

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u/Azazir Mar 03 '25

it's literally one of the most popular games in Asia, you get TV ads for that game....

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u/killfrenzy05 Mar 03 '25

and its still to this day stuffed with hackers from asia. its crazy

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u/Mrbluepumpkin Mar 03 '25

Counter strike has me by the balls 😞

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u/CommanderBly ​ Mar 03 '25

I would be playing cs2 a lot more if it had a working anticheat, lol.

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u/Mrbluepumpkin Mar 03 '25

The satisfaction of a headshot with an AK compels me too much

Also my friend is Norwegian so it's the only thing he'll play with us

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u/ReferenceMaster4305 Mar 03 '25

Just play Faceit lol

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u/CommanderBly ​ Mar 03 '25

Oh yeah I always forget that's a thing

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u/ReferenceMaster4305 Mar 03 '25

I don't know how popular it is in other regions, but here in the EU, it's basically been the only way to play the game without griefers and cheaters for the last five years or so, even in CS:GO. I mean shit it sucks valve hasn't really addressed these issues but at least community solutions exist I guess :/

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u/Mrbluepumpkin Mar 03 '25

What's face it?

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u/bassistb0y Mar 03 '25

new cache got added to community workshop today

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u/Mrbluepumpkin Mar 03 '25

I know my friend is hyping it up, I've only started playing cs since last month! So I'm gonna check it out!

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u/bassistb0y Mar 03 '25

cache and train were 2 of my favorite maps from go

with the exception of monster hunting season, my computer is basically just a counterstrike machine

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u/Mrbluepumpkin Mar 03 '25

Vertigo and dust 2 are my favourite so far but I play a lot with my Norwegian friend. And I also see the absolute degeneracy that is the gambling economy it has.

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u/GrimSlayer Mar 03 '25

I’d say the majority of its success came from console only players wanting to play a battle royale on console. Fortnite was the first well made battle royale on consoles.

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u/ultrabobman Mar 03 '25

Nah its just pubg is garbage optimization & people can play fornite for free + alot of collaboration so kids like it

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u/SteveoberlordEU Mar 03 '25

And china right?

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u/NoFlex___Zone Mar 03 '25

The first few months of PUBG was a global phenomenon few things like it in gaming history

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u/PigletAdventurous514 Mar 03 '25

I have a friend who genuinely has to fake a russian accent because when he talks normally in CS lobbies he gets instantly vote kicked lmao

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u/Xiao1insty1e Mar 04 '25

I threw up in my mouth a little seeing CS at number one.

I can't think of many games I'd rather play less or that just have so little soul to them than a competitive only cash grab fps. 🤢🤮

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u/Swiftzor ​ Mar 03 '25

Given how much world and iceborne did for Monster Hunter I’m actually not all that surprised. Like a lot of people don’t quite know how strong world did after launch because of the various steam sales.

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u/Usernametaken1121 Mar 03 '25

The only game that has the chance to do it is GTA 6.

Not gonna happen. It release on console before PC. It will get huge numbers on PC as the fan base is so massive, but the only reason people will play on PC is for mod support and RP servers.

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u/Hillary-2024 Mar 03 '25

Thats the state of gaming in 2025. The few people still trying to make it worthwhile will immediately all try the latest release in hopes of something playable. Expect this trend to continue (forever)

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u/SnooObjections2487 Mar 03 '25

And this is just steam. There is no telling what the numbers look like when you factor in consol players.

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u/Grimreeferino Mar 03 '25

Its bots and Asian players, pubg huge over there