God of War Ragnarok finds huge Twitch success, but can\u2019t topple Elden Ring SonyGod of War Ragnarok\u2019s arrival has shaken up the gaming world in 2022. It found massive success on Twitch as hundreds of thousands watched their favorite streamers play, but it\u2019s still trailing its Game of the Year rival: Elden Ring. God of War Ragnarok was one of 2022\u2019s most anticipated titles, and it certainly delivered. With players being thrown back into the Nine Realms, many couldn\u2019t have asked for anything better five years after the last installment. It\u2019s not just players diving into the game on PlayStation either. In fact, many are kicking back and watching their favorite streamers tackle it on Twitch and YouTube. Many top names have dedicated mammoth broadcasts to completing the game. Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel basically did it in one sitting, and he\u2019s not alone with Ruben Doblas \u2018Rubius\u2019 Gundersen and Ben \u2018CohhCarnage\u2019 Cassell among the top names who have streamed God of War Ragnarok in its launch week. Across the first three days, more than 11 million hours of God of War Ragnarok gameplay has been watched on Twitch. This includes a peak of 460,000 viewers as many closed in on the final hours of the game \u2014 putting it at 42nd all-time. It peaked at third in terms of categories, and still comfortably sits near the top of the Twitch charts days on. However, its launch is not the biggest on the streaming platform this year as Elden Ring still has that record on lock. Elden Ring peaked at 875,000 viewers, nearly double what God of War Ragnarok got in its launch week. It also had twice as many channels streaming the game, and it was in the top Twitch categories for the months that followed. Even now, it still gets around 10,000 peak viewers a day. Cyberpunk 2077\u2019s launch in December 2020 still has the single-player records down pat as 1.1 million tuned in on its first day \u2014 although that ended up being an unmitigated disaster for CD Projekt Red with the game barely functional and bug-riddled for most. God of War Ragnarok still has some wiggle room for boasting big Twitch numbers, and it\u2019ll likely feature high at the end of November in the monthly rankings. It may have fallen shy of its biggest Game of the Year rival in that department, but gameplay-wise, it\u2019s neck and neck between the two as awards season nears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
God of War Ragnarok finds huge Twitch success, but can\u2019t topple Elden Ring SonyGod of War Ragnarok\u2019s arrival has shaken up the gaming world in 2022. It found massive success on Twitch as hundreds of thousands watched their favorite streamers play, but it\u2019s still trailing its Game of the Year rival: Elden Ring. God of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}