The June 2025 showcase bumper status set Sony’s Peak Concurrent viewer record.
Sony kicked off the summer’s open season with the van and presented an appetizing new game Smorgasboard that will enter the summer game fest week, including Peaks 007 First LightMarvel Tokon: Fighting the Spirit, Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalisk Tronicle, Romeo is a dead manand Silent Hill f.
This week’s playing status peaked with over 2.2 million live viewers for the first time in the series’ history, according to Streams Charts. According to data compiled on the website, Play Of Play is ranked as the third most populous game or technology showcase of 2025 by the Peak Concurrent Viewership. There are only two in-person Nintendo presentations (of course, what Nintendo Switch 2 reveals is the top of the long road).
discovered by Push Squarethe play state was not Sony’s most viewed live stream – that honor PS5 release eventI’m proud now 44 million views. The Horizon Forbidden West and Horizon Forbidden Dawn presentations are also surprisingly popular. 15 and 10 1 million views each. However, Tuesday’s livestream continues to practice the most popular play state of all time.
The play state focuses on third parties with strong announcements such as Capcom, Grasshopper Manufacture, Konami, Artplay, Square Enix, and Team Ninja, among others, especially Japanese developers. Surprisingly, there were few first-party titles in the presentation.
It also felt like this summer’s presentation was focused on dedicated gamers. It seemed to have a tendency to action games, but many of them could come with a mature/18+ rating.
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