I don't even think it's that great (the specific PUBG implementation). I love the tension of running around, exploring, and being careful with your team. I hate how much focus and RNG revolves around looting. Maybe an initial gear set while looting fancier upgrades.

The other downside is you spend a very long amount of time looting and exploring only to have it all come down to about 2-3 seconds of gunplay. In those 2-3 seconds you experience perhaps the worst gun combat ever designed. It's very inaccurate, buggy, and frustrating.

The game desperately needs polish. In fact the genre deserves the AAA experience because it is down right exhilarating.

I don't think that's right. PlayerUnknown created the Battle Royale mod for Arma 2, and it took off. I'm sure it was helped by DayZ's popularity, but the games are not really comparable.