3 Reasons Adding Bots was the Worst Decision PUBG Could Make

PUBG Corp has made some questionable decisions over the years, but recently, they've made two head-scratching ones. It didn't take long for the the community to realize how broken the M249 would be if it ever became floor loot. It did, and the game became dominated by M249 battles.

PUBG Corp righted that wrong, but now there's something new. PUBG Corp has decided to add bots to PUBG console games. Bots were usually left for mobile gaming, but they were added for some reason, and while PUBG Corp has responded to the initial pushback, it doesn't look like they're going anywhere any time soon.

It's one of their biggest mistakes, and could finally be the downfall of the game. Here are three reasons why the game needs to remove bots immediately.

3 Reasons Adding Bots was the Worst Decision PUBG Could Make

3. Gives a Bad Look

Adding bots to the game sends a wrong message to the fan base, and the gaming world. If you want your game to come off as popular, you want to have actual players in the game, not AI. PUBG has slowly fallen from the top of the battle royale mountain, and it's probably never going to climb up again, but it needs to appear successful. Even if the player base is lower than it's ever been, PUBG still has a faithful following. Adding bots weakens that vision.

2. Defeats the Purpose of a Battle Royale

Battle Royales are meant for players to test themselves against 99 other real life players. Not AI or bots, but flesh and blood. That's the appeal of the genre, and adding bots ruins that experience. You want to know you out thought a real player because of your skill and experience, not because they're dumb programed computers.

1. Appealing to Bad Players

This happens with ever online multiplayer game. Eventually, players develop past a certain point, and play the game in a more proficient manner. It usually takes time and hundreds of hours in the game, but you eventual master it. But then new players quickly become demolished. Without a type of ranking system, new players can face some of the best the game has to offer, and they end up dying. Instead of fixing this problem, PUBG Corp makes the game easier by adding in bots. This allows new players to get kills and win games against AI computers.

By appeasing bad and newer players, PUBG Corp mocks the players who have been playing since day one. And it's not going to go well, unless it's reverted.