Battlegrounds Mobile UC prices revised after players slam Krafton for prices higher than PUBG Mobile UC

Battlegrounds Mobile is all the rage right now. That is because it brings the popular PUBG Mobile back to India, but also because it reignites the anti-China sentiment that gradually faded last year. The call for a ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India is getting bigger slowly, but there was small trouble that Krafton faced recently. Several Battlegrounds Mobile players slammed Krafton for keeping the UC prices for the Indian version much higher than what UCs cost on PUBG Mobile Global. As a result, Krafton has announced a revision of UC prices for Battlegrounds Mobile India.

In a statement, Krafton said, “...we have confirmed that the UC purchase price in the BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA Early Access version is higher than that of Global version.” It added that the revision brings the price of UC to “an appropriate price” that goes in line with what players of PUBG Mobile Global pay to buy Unknown Cash, better known as UC. And because the prices of UC are now lowered, Krafton will be refunding the excess amount to players who have already bought UCs in the game. However, the refund is in the form of UCs.

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The smallest pack that credits your Battlegrounds Mobile India account with 60 UCs costs Rs 75 now, as opposed to the price of Rs 89 previously. The pack of 300+ UCs now costs Rs 380, down from Rs 449 earlier. This pack brings an extra 25 UCs for a limited period. The pack with the maximum number of UCs, 6000, now costs Rs 7,500 and comes with 2,100 extra UCs. Its previous price was Rs 8,900. Notably, minors (under 18 players) cannot exceed a transaction beyond Rs 7,000 in a day, according to the Terms of Service of Battlegrounds Mobile India.

60UC

10

300UC

50

600UC

110

1,500UC

245

3,000UC

600

6,000UC

1,275

Battlegrounds Mobile India Shop Pack 02

10

Battlegrounds Mobile India Shop Pack 04

30

Krafton may have dodged this problem by reducing the prices of UCs, but there is a larger problem brewing. Battlegrounds Mobile India is seemingly sending data outside of India, something that could lead to a ban just like last year’s. In an analysis by IGN India, Battlegrounds Mobile was spotted establishing a connection with a server that belongs to China Mobile Communication Corporation, which is China’s state-owned telecom company. A ping was also sent to two servers that belong to China’s Tencent, which is also the publisher of PUBG Mobile. Last year, the Indian government banned PUBG Mobile for its China linkage and Battlegrounds Mobile India does not seem to stray any further from that.