PUBG Mobile Server Broken Due to Coronavirus, How come?

A number of PUBG mobile players have complained about the finished game choked up aka nge-lag. It’s not because of the internet or smartphone they. But because the PUBG server crashed. And it has to do with the Coronavirus. How come?

So, PUBG is the fifth biggest game in the world. They managed to shift the position of Clash Royale and Pokemon Go. When the Coronavirus strikes, people in China are also afraid to leave their homes. The streets are quiet.

The normally busy streets of Wuhan are deserted (photo credit: AFP)

In the conditions of the holidays they have to find entertainment. And the easiest is to play Game for Peace — as PUBG is called in China. The game is indeed being loved in China.

PUBG players are also reported to have jumped three times than usual. This was acknowledged by Tencent, the PUBG game developer. “The enthusiasm of the players was so great that there was a problem,” Tencent said as quoted by the South China Morning Post.

Charlie Moseley, founder of the Chengdu Gaming Federation explained that the Coronavirus struck during the Chinese New Year holiday. And it’s not just Wuhan. Almost the entire territory of China which is usually never quiet is now deserted. Events prepared for the Lunar New Year have been cancelled.

Even so, Moseley believes Tencent will be able to overcome this problem. So that PUBG players around the world are not disturbed. Likewise, Chinese citizens who have no other choice during their vacations but to play games.

“The increase in the online gaming population is huge. However, Tencent will certainly be able to overcome it,” said Moseley as quoted by Abacusnews.

Moseley said, almost everyone in China chooses to play games on line to pass the time amid the fear of the spread of the Coronavirus.

The problem of the PUBG server crashing “due to the Coronavirus” had become a trending topic on Weibo, one of the social media that is widely accessed in China.

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