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Its time to look back at theStarfieldrelease window for post-launch analysis.
Gamesight’s analysts considered concurrent viewership across Twitch, which includes the number of people watching Starfield streams simultaneously.
Gamesight shows YouTube viewership for Starfield pre-launch compared to other releases, overshadowed by Hogwarts Legacy and Sons of the Forest but just below Diablo IV.
During the same 72-hour pre-launch window of viewership, Starfield streams peaked with 552,021 concurrent viewers.
By comparison, Hogwarts Legacy and Diablo IV were multiplatform launches with much larger potential install bases.
Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, and Starfield all had limited access windows.
Gamesight shows YouTube viewership for Starfield pre-launch compared to other releases, overshadowed by Hogwarts Legacy and Sons of the Forest but just below Diablo IV.
Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, and Starfield may have benefited from FOMO marketing.
Bethesda games have a long history of buggy launches.
And for all intents and purposes, it seems to have worked.
Gamesight shows Starfield in 4th place for viewership at launch during its peak. However, Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, and Sons of the Forest all had higher concurrent views.
Starfield shot for the moon.
