{"id":2127687,"date":"2026-09-04T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127687"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:38:02","slug":"pubg-ded-net-developer-argues-making-a-game-for-the-mass-market-where-nobodys-too-offended-and-everybody-kind-of-likes-it-has-become-box-office-poison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127687","title":{"rendered":"PUBG: DED.NET Developer Argues Making a Game for the Mass Market Where ‘Nobody’s Too Offended and Everybody Kind of Likes It’ Has Become ‘Box Office Poison’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PUBG \u2014 the battle royale that popularized the genre \u2014 already has a number of spinoffs. But none is as love it or hate it as DED.NET<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Like PUBG, DED.NET is a multiplayer first-person shooter that revolves around outlasting your enemies, but there are a number of key differences. Chief among them is roguelite progression that persists across runs, and a heavy-handed 1990s aesthetic dubbed \u201cGrunge House.\u201d But there\u2019s more. Matches \u2014 even if you make it to the end \u2014 will come in at around the 25-30 minute mark, which makes it a digestible experience relative to PUBG\u2019s more intense, longer-lasting battle royale. And while PUBG is available on console, DED.NET is built from the ground up for consoles.<\/p>\n

Set in Cascadia in 1996, a world inspired by the Pacific Northwest of the 1990s, and with a reimagining of the PUBG formula beyond battle royale, DED.NET may prove divisive. That, creative director Dave Curd told IGN at gamescom, isn\u2019t just okay \u2014 it\u2019s exactly what the developers at Krafton want. In fact, Curd argued that making a game for everyone has become \u201cbox office poison.\u201d<\/p>\n