Last week’s State of Play presentation from Sony had more concurrent viewers than any State of Play before it, a new report claims.
According to Streams Charts, the February 12 presentation had an average of 1.8 million viewers when all streams and co-streams are taken into account.
The report says that at its peak, the viewer count hit 2.18 million concurrent viewers, which it claims is the first time aState of Playhas ever broken the 2 million mark.
While the main feed on thePlayStationchannel saw a peak of 656,000 concurrent viewers, Streams Charts says it’s the number of co-streamers also showing the presentation that led to the record-breaking viewership.
Its statistics say that last week’s State of Play was the first time more than 1,000 YouTube Live and Twitch channels co-streamed the State of Play, many of whom were streamers reacting to it live.
Popular streamers such as Asmongold, xQc, HasanAbi and Maximillian_DOOD contributed to the total figure, as did other media publications also co-streaming the feed.
Streams Chartspoints out that while the vast majority of these 1,000 channels were reaching fewer than 1,000 viewers each, combined they all contributed to the breaking of the 2 million milestone.
Last week’s State of Play featured a number of new game announcements, as well as new information on previously announced games.
The biggest surprise wasthe reveal of Saros, the next game fromReturnalstudioHousemarque, although this was only represented by a cinematic trailer.
Also featured in the show were theBorderlands 4 release date, aremastered version of Days Goneand a new trailer forOnimusha: Way of the Sword.
