PUBG Blindspot would have survived the scrapheap if it was on mobile

Imagine, if you would, that you spent a year or two at work painstakingly creating a project. It was your baby for eight hours a day, week in week out. Then, you release it to a small number of people, and before you know it, your boss has consigned it to the scrap heap.

This is the story of PUBG: Blindspot.

Yes, despite only releasing in early access early February, Blindspot will close today, March 30th, without ever getting an official release. If you have never heard of it, I am not surprised; it barely had a chance. It was set to be a 5v5 top-down shooter, where you would only have a narrow cone of vision in front of you.

Hence, “Blindspot” for the rest of your angles.

It was an idea that sounded incredibly intriguing, but apparently not for Steam. And that does not come as a surprise, because Blindspot was so clearly meant to be a mobile game. Can you imagine the intense swiping of your phone as you try to cover every corner when you enter a space? Viewing this top-down angle game from above? You would have felt like a full-on military coordinator.

Mobile would have been the perfect home for Blindspot

Let’s place all our cards on the table here; Blindspot had an interesting premise, but there was no big expansion point. I have played almost the exact same premise as a flash game about a year ago. It was always going to be a game where you spend a match or two having fun, then never boot up again. 

It was not a game meant for PC or console; it did not have the pull to get you to sit at your desk or on a couch and boot up an entire system. But, stick it on a mobile phone? I am on lunch, sure, I'll grab my phone and have a quick match. Watching a movie? Let’s have a game. During a work meeting? Let me grab my, oh look at that, I am fired. Maybe it wouldn’t have worked everywhere, but it sure would have been a better shot at being popular. 

Fortnite can run on mobile, Rainbow Six can, and there is a literal PUBG Mobile. Blindspot could not be more complicated than those to make for mobile. It seems so clear that this would have been perfect to have in your pocket. Instead, it is being taken out back before it has a chance to try. Krafton should have thought a little harder; sometimes, mobile is the perfect gaming platform from the start.

Just not Apple exclusive, please.