Selvom at der ikke er nær lige så meget energi bag Battle Royale-konceptet, så var det for ikke så lang tid siden mere "in" for udviklere at udgive spillet med netop denne struktur. Ydermere er verdens mest populære spil fortsat Battle Royale-spil.
Ubisoft er før blevet kritiseret for blindt af jage trends, og det må man sige de også gjorde her. Insider Tom Henderson slår fast, at Ubisoft på et tidspunkt havde over 12 forskellige Battle Royale-spil i ovnen:
"The consensus among the employee's Insider Gaming talked to though, was that the reason for delays and cancellations was that most of the games were "not what gamers wanted", which was reflected in feedback during QA and playtests. Battle Royale has been a hugely popular genre these past couple of years and Ubisoft has seemingly been trying to capitalize on its success, to no avail. One employee had said they had known of at least a dozen Battle Royale games in various stages of development at one time but didn't know the fate of most of these games."
Det lader dog til at størstedelen af disse ikke udkommer, og vi har blandt andet set en direkte nedlukning af blandt andet Project Q for nylig. Dog siger Henderson også at de ansatte er optimistiske omkring fremtidens pipeline af spil,