And many fans have also expressed frustration with the game’s exclusivity to PC.īut the bulk of the “dead game” rants come from CSGO fans who are either nervous that Valorant is taking players and pros away from the more established title, or frustrated that it doesn’t live up to their expectations. Some in the competitive gaming and esports communities have mocked Valorant for its sudden drop in the Twitch viewing charts. That also means that there’s enough active streamers in Valorant making content to support such viewership numbers. That’s definitely down from the “470 million hours” of viewership the game received during the closed beta, but being in the top 10 of all Twitch games is nothing to scoff at. On June 10, there were a little over 76,000 views per hour, compared to more than 1 million at its peak two months ago on April 6. The game is now sixth in the current viewer rankings, trailing more established games like CSGO, Dota 2, and Fortnite. So now that the key drops are over and done with, is Valorant still hitting large numbers on Twitch? Yes and no. Even so, the game remained popular on Twitch throughout the closed beta due to the chance of getting keys and the presence of third-party tournaments. Many streamers and competitive players felt that the game was “boring and slow” to play and to watch. The amount of attention Valorant received due to the key drops eventually started to frustrate the streaming community, who said the Valorant section on Twitch was “fake” due to the amount of 24/7 drops and bot streams. While impressive, the fact that people binged Twitch in an attempt to get a closed beta key should be factored into this number. This record beats the previous record, also set by Valorant when its gameplay was first revealed on April 3, which totaled 12.2 million hours watched. The game had 34 million hours watched, with a peak viewership of around 1.7 million. When the Valorant closed beta was first released, it broke Twitch’s single-day viewership record within hours. One way to gauge how many people are playing a game is by looking at how many people are watching it on Twitch and through other streaming platforms. Is Valorant still a popular game on Twitch?
As Riot continues to release content and form a steady esports system around the game, even more players could pick up the game in the coming months.
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