The Steam version has broken every record and continues to grow in popularity by the day. However, a lot more work went into the Xbox One port than gamers realize. Microsoft worked directly with Bluehole to ensure that the console version was a great experience.

Microsoft says that its given enhanced support to the team set to bring PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds to the market. One of the main forms of support Microsoft provided was lending the expertise of The Coalition, the studio behind Gears of War 4, to make sure it ran well on Xbox One. Nico Bihary, the Executive Producer for the game at Microsoft, said the following to Polygon when asked about the collaboration between the two companies.

There was this global assessment within Microsoft of how can we pair up with this super collaborative, super friendly and incredibly successful — in the short term — group for our partnership to deliver. As you can imagine, there were a lot of raised hands within Microsoft to offer support… PUBG is really getting the boutique, first-party, white-glove treatment from Microsoft… Where we are going well beyond that traditional second-party publishing relationship is by offering services like our first-party quality assurance team, offering services like our advanced technical group, and enlisting folks like The Coalition to help with the aiming and tuning of controller systems.

Posted: Dec 10, 2017 11:38 am
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