PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PC, Xbox One) is plagued by a large number of cheaters. Currently, more than 1 million cheaters are banned per month in PUBG, but the situation is escalating further.
The battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has millions of registered players. Over 3 million of them play the battle royale game simultaneously. However, not everyone plays fair. There are wall hacks, speed hacks, aimbots, and healing cheats that provide unfair advantages.
However, the extent of cheating in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is only made clear in the latest ban report.
1,044,000 banned cheaters just in January!
In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the anti-cheat software BattleEye is used. It recently published a report about the number of banned cheaters in January. And this number is hard to believe. 1,044,000 players have been banned for cheating. And this was just in January 2018!
We have banned over 1,044,000 PUBG cheaters in January alone, unfortunately things continue to escalate.
— BattlEye (@TheBattlEye) February 4, 2018
Moreover, BattleEye is far from optimistic about the future. Unfortunately, the situation is likely to escalate further. For most cheaters, it seems no problem to simply buy another version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds after a ban and continue cheating happily.
A user on Reddit aptly summarized it: “Getting banned in PUBG is like being sent to jail in Monopoly. It has no real consequences!”
Players demand a China ban
According to an earlier report from BattleEye on cheaters in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, most of the cheaters are said to come from China. Therefore, the community has long been demanding a regional lock for the Middle Kingdom. Chinese players should stay in their region and not disturb the rest of the world with their cheats.
As an example, the competing title Fortnite is mentioned, which reportedly has very few players from China and is affected by far fewer cheaters. However, PUBG chief Brendan Greene has so far rejected a regional lock. The intention is not to punish an entire region for the misdeeds of a few cheaters.
Stricter anti-cheat measures bring disadvantages
However, even if there is no China lock, the intention is to take a stronger and better stance against cheaters in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. But this also brings disadvantages for honest players. Those who previously benefitted from Steam family sharing will have to forget this in the future. Since the family library reportedly opened a backdoor for cheaters, this feature will be disabled for PUBG in the future.
It should be noted that not all Chinese people think cheating is good, as shown by various incidents in Chinese internet cafes. There, cheaters were insulted and slapped by angry players.
