Fortnite Battle Royale is still one of the most popular games on Twitch. But it is gradually losing its leading position. Even at the expense of large-scale in-game events, Epic Games cannot keep the audience.
Last weekend, the ninth season of Fortnite ended. Its finale was marked by the event “The Battle of a colossal monster against a mecha”. The event, where a giant monster fought with a huge combat robot for key points on the map, became one of the biggest in the history of the title. And it, paradoxically, almost did not cause a stir. The number of his simultaneous viewers on Twitch was 606 thousand people, which is not so much for Fortnite.
According to the Epic plan, the event was supposed to attract more viewers than the final battle of Season 4 exactly a year ago. But, according to GitHyp, the battle of the two giants was not even included in the top 10 most viewed Fortnite events on Twitch.
Peak values of the simultaneous number of Fortnite viewers on Twitch
The service has previously noted that Fortnite’s popularity on Twitch has declined sharply this summer.
The interest of users in the summer Celebrity Pro-Am tournament with the participation of famous streamers has also fallen. This year it was viewed by 72% fewer people compared to last summer. Then the number of spectators of the tournament was 1.5 million people.
By the way, this weekend will host the first ever Fortnite World Cup. As part of his final tour, Celebrity Pro-Am will take place again.
We also add that the decline in interest in Fortnite has a bad effect on the revenue of the digital games market, according to SuperData. In recent months, this has become one of the reasons why sales of the console and PC segments have sagged.
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