PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is gobbling up Overwatch’s audience

The shooter audience on PC looks like it is in the middle of a migration from last year’s big hit to this year’s breakout success story. Nearly a quarter of all Overwatch players on PC also played PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds last month, according to data from intelligence firm Newzoo. And it’s finding that players are going back to Battlegrounds and leaving Blizzard’s Overwatch behind.

“In terms of crossover, fellow shooter Overwatch came out on top with 24.6 percent of its gamers playing both [Overwatch and Battlegrounds] in July,” Newzoo’s George Osborn wrote in a blog post. “Counter-Strike:Global Offensive was close behind with 20.7 percent.”