PUBG Corp admit cosmetics “have an effect on gameplay” – however not in the way in which you suppose

Last week, PUBG Corp filed a suit against NetEase claiming the corporate have infringed upon PUBG’s copyright by creating two “substantially similar” cell video games. The swimsuit gives proof of how NetEase have primarily ‘cloned PUBG, citing character attributes, weapons, equipment acquisition, and armour among the similarities. However, it’s the clothes part which is especially attention-grabbing.

Initially observed by Newsweek, within the clothes part of the suit, PUBG Corp argues that beauty infringement ought to be thought of critically as a result of clothes has an impression on gameplay.

“Clothing does affect gameplay in terms of camouflage,” the swimsuit reads. “Clothing can be used to assist the player to blend in with the environment, making the player less visually detectable. In particular, Battlegrounds includes a Ghillie suit, a full body suit covered with camouflaging material typically used by snipers. The Ghillie suit allows the player to become nearly visually invisible depending upon the terrain.”

Though the Ghillie swimsuit is a free merchandise, obtainable by any participant, the admission contradicts a press release made by PUBG Corp CEO Chang Han Kim throughout a Q&A last November, by which he mentioned, “we will never add anything that affects the gameplay.”

Though clothes might have an effect on gameplay by way of the way you mix into the terrain, there’s at the moment no paid possibility which permits gamers to do that extra successfully. If something, paid cosmetics are a hindrance in relation to camouflaging into the terrain – typically coming in brilliant pinks, yellows, and whites. 

PUBG Corp haven’t introduced plans to introduce paid cosmetics which have an effect on gameplay in a severe means.