Marshmello\u2019s Fortnite concert reportedly sets new concurrent player record Reddit: GrantldThe Marshmello in-game event in Fortnite may have smashed the record for the more concurrent players in the Epic Games battle royale title. The show on February 2 was an absolute blast for players from all around the world, as they were able to drop into the Battle Royale island and witness a free concert. Everything about the show has shown that it was a huge success for Epic Games but the numbers may show that it was an even bigger success than first thought. Video game journalist Geoff Keighley revealed on Twitter that his sources told him that the show may have smashed the current record for concurrent players as it was watched by an incredible number of people in-game. Keighley tweeted: \u201cFar From Alone: Sources are telling me there were more than *10 million concurrent players* watching the @marshmellomusic concert in @FortniteGame today \u2013 on top of the millions watching online. What a moment for gaming!\u201d Read More: Who is Ninja from the Super Bowl commercial? – Back in November, Epic revealed there were 200 million total players within Fortnite and the record for the concurrent peak of those players was around 8.3 million. The 10 million number would clearly set a new record. The tweet about the new numbers came a few hours after the journalist questioned whether or not the show would be counted as the biggest free concert ever. The current Guinness World Record holder for that accolade is Rod Stewart\u2019s 1993 New Year\u2019s Eve show in Rio de Janeiro with 3.5 million people in attendance. Far From Alone: Sources are telling me there were more than *10 million concurrent players* watching the @marshmellomusic concert in @FortniteGame today \u2013 on top of the millions watching online. What a moment for gaming! pic.twitter.com\/fkrPNjSC9I \u2014 Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) February 3, 2019 The event wasn\u2019t just a hugely successful moment for Epic but also an incredible technological feat, too. After the first show had finished up, the EDM DJ jumped on to play a few games of Duos with streamer Jack \u2018CourageJD\u2019 Dunlop. There, Marshmello revealed that everything he said during the concert was being broadcast in real-time and was not pre-recorded. \u201cThat was all live, man! That was the whole thing, so you know, in the very early workings of it all we weren\u2019t sure what could be handled as far as bandwidth and stuff like live voice, and live everything,\u201d Marshmello revealed to Courage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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