Arceus Twitch Viewership Nearly Doubles That of Next-Highest Pokémon Game
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has set a new record for the famous franchise, with its Twitch debut bringing in more viewers than any previous title in the series. The game's launch was met with almost twice as many viewers as Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which held the previous record after being released in November of last year.
Pokémon Legends is a major departure from the standard Pokémon formula, and that departure has been an exceptionally successful one. The semi-open world prequel focuses on finding and surveying potentially dangerous Pokémon rather than battling to the top of a League, and it makes a lot of mechanical and systematic changes. Players and critics have largely embraced the game's many improvements and innovations, with some calling it the best Pokémon title in years. Some complaints have been directed at its graphics and performance, but on the whole, Legends has gotten a remarkably good reception from the Pokémon community and the industry at large.
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According to data analytics company Gamesight, Pokémon Legends: Arceus has broken the record for the most popular Pokémon game on Twitch in the first 72 hours after it launched. The game reached 481,573 viewers at its peak, which nearly doubled Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl's highest total. Overall, Legends had better viewership statistics than any previous Pokémon game's launch, including Pokémon Sword andShield, Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu andEevee, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond andShining Pearl. The only exception was that it peaked at #1 on Twitch during launch day, but Sword and Shield remained on top for 2 out of 3 days.
Statistically speaking, each successive Pokémon
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