You needed this thread to tell you that?
Because everyone assumed BR would fizzle out like MOBAs.Many people have been saying new BR games can't be successful because they can't compete with Fortnite and PUBG. As recently as last week I was debating with someone here saying that.
Dude is straight absurd at FPS games. Some of the shots he makes are unreal.
After years of giant chasing, EA might have finally done it.
They might have finally come after the giant of a genre and have taken the crown.
2019 might actually be Year of the Apex.
yeah, this is not as big a blow to anthem as a lot of people think imo. anthem is entirely pve and gunning for a different audience, but dice has an actual BR mode in the pipe that was probably their hail-mary attempt at saving BFV's image
I wouldn't be surprised by 20 million honestly.
to me it looks like Shroud is a more skilled shooter gamer than NinjaI don't normally watch Shroud a lot, but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about this game so I just tuned in for his first Apex game today. Of course he destroyed the last 2 full squads by himself and got 22 kills...it's crazy to watch.
Yeah Shroud is a beast but I'm not sure he has the marketability that Ninja does.
He is basically the opposite of a loud streamerIs Ninja really marketable though?
I tried to watch him once and all he did was complain that he didn't have as many viewers as he should have "according to the twitch metrics" all the while having 150k viewers. It was really weird to watch.
I haven't tried to watch Shroud yet due to his avatar putting me off big time, is he watchable or is there a lot of screaming and the like?
He is basically the opposite of a loud streamer
Some people acuse him of having no personality because of it.
Part of me is super curious how many people either went back into or created their Origin account just for Apex Legends this week
"W" avatars and emotes with extremely zoomed in pictures of the streamer's face is a normal part of Twitch. I think Sodapoppin might have been the one to start it.Oh.. That's very much at odds with his avatar..
I'll tune in when I go to bed and check him out then :)
I mean, there's some small European tourny with like 160k+ for Fortnite at the moment. Dunno where it came from or what it really is.Fortnite back to #1 on Twitch. There seems to be a lot of speculation about EA having paid the top streamers for their time and their tweets. Is that true? IIRC by law they have to disclose that, but I never saw the first few days streams. Were they paid?
It'll never be Fortnite mainstream.This game is already doing Fortnite numbers at least on Xbox. My proxy for this is LFG.
During the times that I play PUBG is usually between 300-400 LFG posts. Blackops first weekend was 1600. Fortnite is 3300. Apex is at 2600 and going up.
It's gonna pull Blackout players, PUBG players, Fortnite players and non-BR players.
If they want it to be Fortnite mainstream though they'll need to get it on mobile.
Fortnite back to #1 on Twitch. There seems to be a lot of speculation about EA having paid the top streamers for their time and their tweets. Is that true? IIRC by law they have to disclose that, but I never saw the first few days streams. Were they paid?
Fortnite back to #1 on Twitch. There seems to be a lot of speculation about EA having paid the top streamers for their time and their tweets. Is that true? IIRC by law they have to disclose that, but I never saw the first few days streams. Were they paid?
Limited to console and PC it's already there.It'll never be Fortnite mainstream.
Not even a third of it, it doesn't have the visual appeal.
No there's a euro tourney going ok with 170k viewers. Ninja is streaming apex right now and has 80k viewersFortnite back to #1 on Twitch. There seems to be a lot of speculation about EA having paid the top streamers for their time and their tweets. Is that true? IIRC by law they have to disclose that, but I never saw the first few days streams. Were they paid?
There are Ninja shirts at WalMart and my parents know who Ninja is. He's got the biggest reach of any streamer on Twitch right now I would say.
I haven't played any of them, however aren't all the others solo games whereas Apex is squad based? I wonder if an lfg comparison is a bit apples to oranges.This game is already doing Fortnite numbers at least on Xbox. My proxy for this is LFG.
During the times that I play PUBG is usually between 300-400 LFG posts. Blackops first weekend was 1600. Fortnite is 3300. Apex is at 2600 and going up.
It's gonna pull Blackout players, PUBG players, Fortnite players and non-BR players.
If they want it to be Fortnite mainstream though they'll need to get it on mobile.
It'll never be Fortnite mainstream.
Not even a third of it, it doesn't have the visual appeal.
Seagull is getting more viewers than his OW streams.I think Apex is also going to pull Overwatch players. It's already pulling a bunch of bigger Overwatch streamers.
Fortnite back to #1 on Twitch. There seems to be a lot of speculation about EA having paid the top streamers for their time and their tweets. Is that true? IIRC by law they have to disclose that, but I never saw the first few days streams. Were they paid?
I wouldn't underestimate the look of Fortnite. That style makes is easy to sell merchandise in grocery stores similar to Minecraft.You say that, but I think Fortnite is actually in a much worse position than you think. Fortnite is whimsical to the point of being easily mockable and ignorable by anyone over a certain age. Apex has a very broad appeal without being too serious or too childish.
Is Ninja really marketable though?
I tried to watch him once and all he did was complain that he didn't have as many viewers as he should have "according to the twitch metrics" all the while having 150k viewers. It was really weird to watch.
I haven't tried to watch Shroud yet due to his avatar putting me off big time, is he watchable or is there a lot of screaming and the like?
Part of me is super curious how many people either went back into or created their Origin account just for Apex Legends this week
No you don't get it, if parents see Fortnite it's just like Minecraft, they have no second thoughts about their kids playing it. When they see Apex, they see another military shooter, and so they might question it.You say that, but I think Fortnite is actually in a much worse position than you think. Fortnite is whimsical to the point of being easily mockable and ignorable by anyone over a certain age. Apex has a very broad appeal without being too serious or too childish.
And yeah, Fortnite being back at #1 right now today on Twitch is more a fluke than people dropping Apex. There's some weird tournament or something going on with a single stream that has 170k+ viewers. Any game can be big momentarily if a massive streamer plays it, or there's some tournament/event going on. Games Done Quick pulls insane numbers for oddball game speedruns, WoW can (and did) hit over 100k during the world first races (among other tournaments), etc. League of Legends numbers inflate when there's tournaments on, and so on. It's one of the main things you have to account for if gauging popularity via Twitch (especially for multiplayer titles).
And tournaments typically happen or conclude on weekends, so peak numbers for Saturday and Sunday any given week aren't indicative of consistent popularity. It'd be like asking why NFL viewership is low on days besides Sunday.
You really have to watch the day in, day out numbers adjusted for all other factors that would cause distortion. For Apex, yeah I'm sure streamers were sponsored to play initially for the first day at least, but it seems to be a massive viral success so far by all factors that I'm seeing. Pumping money into ads or sponsorships to get people to play your game isn't going to work if the game is shit anyway. Dumping money on a bad game might get some sales, but it'll expose a vast audience to its flaws as well without them having to spend a dime.
Yeah Shroud is a beast but I'm not sure he has the marketability that Ninja does.
to me it looks like Shroud is a more skilled shooter gamer than Ninja
Ninja's aim doesn't seem quite as good as Shroud's
My old one had been hacked and only had one game so I just made a new one.Part of me is super curious how many people either went back into or created their Origin account just for Apex Legends this week
He's infinitely better than Ninja.to me it looks like Shroud is a more skilled shooter gamer than Ninja
Ninja's aim doesn't seem quite as good as Shroud's
Ninja has a contract with the NFL now, he's suppose to stream himself watching 11 games next season.
I have nothing against Shroud and enjoy watching him play just for the pure skill that he displays but while sure he has marketability in gaming, he does not have the mass market appeal that someone like Ninja does for a few reasons.Shroud is in a HyperX commercial with Embiid and Gordan Hayward
Of course, Shrould was a pro CS player and has been playing on PC from the get go. Ninja is older but came up playing Halo on console.
whatt? no way that's going to go well. Chat hates when streamers stream different games, let a lone sports ball.Ninja has a contract with the NFL now, he's suppose to stream himself watching 11 games next season.
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/thurs...am-hugely-popular-gamer-ninja-amazons-twitch/
edit: looks like he's gonna be commenting on Thursday Night Football games on Twitch, dude has it made lol