The hype for Riot's upcoming FPS VALORANT is real, as concurrent viewership on Twitch comes up to a record 4 million users. On the first day of the beta, the game reached a collective 1.7 million viewers, close to taking the crown from 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:League of Legends; Iꦕt barely holds onto its title thanks to 1.74 million viewers during the 2019 World Championship.
The closed beta for the game is extremely limited, with only 25,000 keys available last Friday through Twitch drops. This means that users watching top streamers (who usually put something like "drops enabled" in their title) could randomly get the key. However, the drops did not end there: just before the beta launched, VALORANT Game Director Joe Ziegler 168澳洲幸运5𝄹开奖网:assured fans there'd be 💛more keys available. This is sure to be part of the driving force behind VALORANT's strong presence on Twitch.
The other part, simply put, is that the game is generating massive amounts of hype. Everyone wants to know what it looks like, what the gameplay is like, and whether or not it's really going to replace the likes of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Counter Strike: Global Offensive and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch. We could wait for the summer (when the game𒊎 is supposed to launch) to find out, but why would we?
Apparently, most viewers ♛think along the same lines, considering that the game is poised to set new view꧟ership records. Yes, it's sure to lose some steam as time goes on, but until then, let's enjoy the ride.