Over 400,000 viewers tuned in to Twitch for the opening day of the Overwatch League.
The first spherical of the Overwatch League passed off final evening, with the Dallas Fuel going through off in opposition to Seoul Dynasty. The opening evening peaked at over 415,000 viewers on Twitch.
Esports commentator and director of content material advertising at Twitch, Ben Goldhaber, revealed the determine on Twitter, including that it consists of each English and non-English livestreams. This is fairly excessive, and Goldhaber even stated that his estimates (a part of his job at Twitch) of the occasion’s viewership have been well below these numbers.
Overwatch League has peaked over 415ok viewers. On Day 1. #OWL2018
— Ben Goldhaber (@FishStix) January 11, 2018
What’s much more spectacular is that many of the video games passed off previous midnight in Europe, so it wasn’t the perfect time in lots of elements of the world. These numbers additionally don’t embrace livestreams from Chinese websites, or the Activision-owned MLG web site and app.
Overall, a fairly strong turnout for the evening, and as Goldhaber added, it’ll be fascinating to see if the momentum carries by means of to the weekend.
If you’re curious about following the Overwatch League however don’t know the place to begin, head over to our League information, it consists of particulars about teams, skins, tokens and all the opposite particulars.
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