45k of those are just Sodapoppin, and 27k are Cohhcarnage. It's pretty crazy how drastically the view counts on a game will change based on what big streamers are playing it.
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God of War is Blowing up on Twitch
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This is why twitch number threads are irrelvant mostly. In particular for day 1 one a major release.
Not to diminish the game (can't wait to get home tonight and play)- but a big, massively hyped AAA game in a popular franchise making the top of Twitch on its release day is not exactly shocking. Especially with a lack of any big esports events or competitions running during this time, which can drive a ton of twitch activity.
It's usually a mix of both. When a new game is released, a lot of people will want to watch people playing it, either to check before buying, or just to participate on the hype of a big new release. And then there are those who are just watching the people they like and they happen to be playing that.
It's a new game, ofc it does. We have this kind of thread for basically every somewhat new game (That's not thread whining, it's an observation).
Is it wrong to be frustrated because there's thousands of people out there not actually playing the game, just watching it.
That's what I'm thinking. That's a quarter million people who probably won't buy it because they can just watch someone else play it. Cinematic story-driven game and all.
YouTube playthroughs are hitting, too, I saw a couple on my subscription feed yesterday. I won't be watching any of them until after I've played it.
I already watched the YouTube video of the final boss. Lol
First gow sold out all PSN codes on amazon and now this. Guys, this will be the best selling game of 2018
Yeah watching someone play through an entire single player campaign can't be good for the game. It will still sell high though.
Except the combat is deep and satisfying. This isnt a 10 hour linear corridor game
Yes, probably. Most of these folk were either never going to buy the game or were on the fence and might buy the game now.
This pretty much happens to every single new game. Remember when that lame CliffyB game "blew up on Twitch" last week?
Nah, this is piracy for losers and they deserve ridicule.
Buy the game, play the game.
AFAIK Sea of Thieves hit a peak of 280k viewers or so. But I agree with the summation that this happens to nearly every big release on Twitch.
The single player nature of God of War is also likely to lead to a sharp decline once people have finished the game on stream.
Yeah? Why would that frustrate you?
Games are expensive. Not everyone has money for new releases.
And frankly, with the state of games today, it's smart to watch some actual gameplay (not just cuts from reviews and media) to make sure it's a purchase you want to make. Certainly saved me some money this gen.
Ehhhh, I think you're forgetting RDR II releases this year. God of War will sell highly for sure though.
You know this and I know this... tell that to the people watching the streams.
Piracy wtf are you talking about.
More people watch games than play them these days I would wager.
Dudes, it was meant lightheartedly, i'm not judging people for watching the game on stream.
I just wish they had the means to play the game themselves seeing as the feel of the combat is often referenced as the very best part of the game.
I just wish they had the means to play the game themselves seeing as the feel of the combat is often referenced as the very best part of the game.
Not really. A lot of players will probably buy the game if they like what they see.
Not that the amount of Twitch viewers matters since the game is going sell ridiculously well, anyway.
People deserve ridicule and being called pirates for watching a game being played on a streaming video service on which this sort of thing is regarded as perfectly normal and legal?
And know you see why the industry has started to pivot away from these types of games. I'm sure God of war will be OK backed by Sony, but imagine how frustrated devs feel when people watch their games instead of buying it.
If you followed twitch closely you'd know that AAA releasing on pc will have more views than just on a console. Simple reason being the biggest twitch streamers play multiplayer games on pc and apart from lirik and soda not many play single player or console exclusive games. Sea of thieves for example had shroud and summit play bringing 50k+ viewers each but neither will probably play god of war coz no pc.
I think you're right on this, but I have a feeling there's more lost sales in it than gained. But I have zero data to back it up. Either way, it's good that Sony isn't dumb enough to be paranoid like a lot of Japanese companies (lookin at you Atlus) and ban streaming all together because of it.
While I'm sure the game will sell quite well, I also think some of the big hitter multiplatform games will still outsell it.
I also think IF a Pokemon game comes out in 2018 (personally I think it won't) then GoW won't be the best selling game of the year.
Maybe not AAA, but there was a lot of hype behind this for a while...
It's a single player game. So after today interest will go down. But i am interested to see how much it peaks at. This game is going to sell insanely well.
So much downplaying in this thread. Can we get comparison numbers for other big games fromthe past year to see how God Of War stacks up?
Big streamers play new game - surprise
Has nothing to do with Singleplayer Game
Everything that isn't a PC E-sports game or Fortnite/PubG disappears after Release
The mighty Multiplayer Game Sea of Thieves(which started this nonsense about the "importance" about twitch viewer numbers at release on this forum) is crawling around at 5-10k most of these days and is currently even sitting at around 1k.
Most new games peak at around 250-300k for a ouple hours or maybe 1-2 days.
Depends WHO is playing it and how many big streamers are streaming it at the same time.
Games with a PC Version usually have it a little bit easier because for example some of the very big streamers hate consoles and even said God of War doesn't exist because it isn't on PC.
Has nothing to do with Singleplayer Game
Everything that isn't a PC E-sports game or Fortnite/PubG disappears after Release
The mighty Multiplayer Game Sea of Thieves(which started this nonsense about the "importance" about twitch viewer numbers at release on this forum) is crawling around at 5-10k most of these days and is currently even sitting at around 1k.
Most new games peak at around 250-300k for a ouple hours or maybe 1-2 days.
Depends WHO is playing it and how many big streamers are streaming it at the same time.
Games with a PC Version usually have it a little bit easier because for example some of the very big streamers hate consoles and even said God of War doesn't exist because it isn't on PC.
YES That makes sense when SONY sent out copies to these top streamers, piracy my god.
Mh will have more streamers once pc port releases. A lot of streamers don't play on consoles at all.
