Starfield becomes second most viewed first-party game in Twitch history

Starfield has barely arrived and is already making history for Bethesda and Microsoft. After a weekend of great popularity on Twitch, the game became the second most viewed first-party in the history of the Amazon live streaming platform.

Even before its official release, which takes place this Wednesday (06), with entry into the Xbox Game Pass catalog, Starfield proved to be more popular on Twitch than great titles produced by the same companies that manufacture the consoles, games known as “ first-party”, such as The Last of Us: Part II, Pokémon Legends: Arceus and God of War Ragnarok.

According to the TwitchTracker website. Bethesda’s new title reached peak viewership with 552,000 users on Twitch, making it the 42nd most popular category in the platform’s history.

Above Starfield, among the 41 other titles, only one is first-party. And it’s yet another Microsoft title: Minecraft. According to TwitchTracker, Minecraft garnered a peak audience of 1.93 million users on Twitch, making it the 3rd most popular game on the live streaming platform.

Check out the Top 10 of the most popular games on Twitch:

1. League of Legends – 3.11M
2. Fortnite – 2.28M
3. Minecraft – 1.93M
4. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – 1.91M
5. Valorant – 1.73M
6. Dota 2 – 1.71M
7. Call of Duty: Warzone – 1.61M
8. Overwatch – 1.46M
9. Rust – 1.37M
10. Lost Ark – 1.27M

The Launch of Starfield

Eagerly anticipated by gamers and the entire gaming industry, Starfield is one of Bethesda’s biggest releases in years and the studio’s first new IP in 25 years.

With the official launch and its arrival in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue, Starfield’s popularity numbers on Twitch and also on Steam, the platform that will receive the PC version of the game, which are already impressive even in the early access period of the game, are expected to increase further.

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