Apex Legends it is proving that they are not just a passing fad. the battle royale free-to-play from EA and Respawn continues to have a very high interest among the gaming community, and after their incredible numbers of 2 million concurrent players, they have now achieved beat fortnite as one of the most viewed games on twitch in one day.
One of the most watched games on Twitch
The record has been possible thanks to the organization of the event Twitch rivals by Respawn and Twitch itself. This event brought together thousands of players, consuming a total of 8,4 billion hours in game broadcasts, a figure that places it in the number four position of games with the highest number of hours played in a month. The podium dominates him Counter-Strike: GO, which with events from the ESL One in Cologne and the Eleague Major dominate the table with 8,6 million, 8,6 million and 8,4 million respectively.
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The games with the most views on Twitch in one day
But the success of Apex Legends goes further. Considering that the table is dominated exclusively by Counter-Strike: GO events, the only two games that appear are Fortnite and Apex Legends, and that's where the EA title shows its feat. The difference between the most watched day of Fortnite (an event organized for the launch of Season 5) and that of Apex Legends is nothing less than more than a million hours.
However, the success of the game is also reflected in the 13th and 15th places, achieved on normal days in which no event was organized to gather players.
How far will Apex Legends go?
It may still be a couple of weeks after its launch that there is a certain tendency for players to pay attention to the novelty, however, the figures that we can see on Twitch continue to hold up very strongly, since they have stolen views from Fortnite, Call of Duty and a host of other games.
The first update of the season will arrive in March, and it will be there when we will see if Respawn has managed to maintain that connection with its players in the same way that Fortnite did with its season passes, special events and hidden secrets on the map. Is there any doubt that Apex Legends is here to stay? Now that is a Victory Royale.