PUBG Corporation, who is behind the really popular free-to-play action adventure online multiplayer battle royale game PUBG has announced and confirmed that the game will be playable on the next-gen consoles at launch. The dev has confirmed that PUBG console version will be playable on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5 at launch from day one.
PUBG is already available on mobile, pc, and console including PS4 and Xbox One. According to the official announcement, if you have been an existing player of PUBG on the current-gen console then you will be able to play the game on Xbox Series X, Series S and the PS5 at no addition cost using the same PUBG account.
PUBG Cross-generation Multiplayer and Cross-platform Play Support
Also, all of your game account progress and cosmetics will carry over to the next-gen console without any issue. PUBG Corporation has also confirmed support for the cross-generation multiplayer alongside cross-platform play on the next gen console.
This means that, that players on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 consoles will be able to play together squad up and play against each other on the battleground. This I think would be really great and fun, isn’t it?
The dev also provides the following performance and technical details: for the PUBG for the neg-gen console on Xbox Series X/S and PS5.
Xbox Series X/S
On the Xbox Series X console players will be abele to run at 60 FPS by selecting the Framerate Priority option*. While on Xbox Series S, players will be abele to run PUBG at 30 FPS.
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 players will also be abele to play PUBG at 60 FPS by selecting the Framerate Priority option*. Kindly note that the Framerate Priority option will be available on live servers for Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro with the release of the PUBG update 9.1 in This month.
What do you think about this announcement from from PUBG Corporation?
