YouTube Video Viewership Numbers and correlation with other stuff *spawn*

I think the Spiderman video is an outlier. That video is not even on the official PlayStation channel. It's on the Marvel Entertainment channel. If you look at the PlayStation channel their most watched exclusive game video is God of War 3 gameplay from E3 2016 & has 19.7 million views. They only 4 more exclusive game videos greater than 10 million views. Their highest rated E3 2017 video is God of War Be a Warrior gameplay with 7.6 million views.

Microsoft's most watched exclusive game video is Halo 5 launch from October 2015 with 7.8 million views. The highest rated E3 2017 video is the official Forza 7 video with 6.7 million views.

Yes, Microsft has less views, but I don't think the difference is as great as you tried to portray. So I don't think you can really use YouTube view count. Might want to find another metric.

Tommy McClain

 

These stats are quite interesting though...

1. 9,595,615 views 288,402 likes 63.78 L/D Cyberpunk 2077 - official E3 2018 trailer
2. 7,676,717 views 325,538 likes 13.83 L/D The Last of Us Part II - E3 2018 Gameplay Reveal Trailer | PS4
3. 6,982,444 views 114,531 likes 15.02 L/D Fallout 76 Trailer - E3 2018
4. 6,377,272 views 187,119 likes 63.60 L/D The Elder Scrolls VI - Official E3 Announcement Teaser
5. 5,656,358 views 138,046 likes 20.22 L/D Devil May Cry 5 - Announcement Trailer
6. 5,426,626 views 141,605 likes 26.28 L/D Halo Infinite - E3 2018 - Announcement Trailer
7. 5,240,149 views 187,910 likes 21.92 L/D FIFA 19 | Official Reveal Trailer with UEFA Champions League
8. 5,047,646 views 135,516 likes 26.97 L/D Death Stranding - E3 2018 4K Trailer | PS4
9. 4,869,585 views 113,498 likes 48.52 L/D Ghost of Tsushima - E3 2018 Gameplay Debut | PS4
10. 4,277,731 views 60,812 likes 130.22 L/D DOOM Eternal - Official E3 Teaser

11. 4,176,047 views 128,308 likes 79.84 L/D Marvel's Spider-Man - E3 2018 Showcase Demo Video | PS4 | PS4
12. 3,630,505 views 155,681 likes 6.07 L/D Battlefield 5 Official Multiplayer Trailer
13. 3,592,495 views 76,285 likes 39.65 L/D KINGDOM HEARTS III - E3 2018 Frozen Trailer
14. 3,316,383 views 63,221 likes 15.30 L/D Nintendo @ E3 2018: Day 1
15. 3,231,274 views 58,025 likes 9.81 L/D E3 2018 PlayStation Showcase
16. 3,031,144 views 101,894 likes 50.19 L/D Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch
17. 2,804,099 views 52,186 likes 8.57 L/D Anthem Official Cinematic Trailer (2018)
18. 2,782,183 views 119,312 likes 69.37 L/D Skyrim: Very Special Edition - Official E3 2018 Trailer
19. 2,578,875 views 60,013 likes 66.09 L/D Kingdom Hearts III - E3 2018 Pirates of the Caribbean Trailer | PS4
20. 2,551,851 views 69,115 likes 58.28 L/D Resident Evil 2 | E3 2018 PlayStation Showcase Trailer | PS4

21. 2,318,855 views 46,082 likes 12.53 L/D Assassin's Creed Odyssey: E3 2018 Official World Premiere Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]
22. 2,279,261 views 34,837 likes 9.67 L/D 4 Minutes of Anthem Open World Co-Op Exploration Gameplay - E3 2018
23. 2,254,998 views 49,680 likes 58.38 L/D SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE 2018 E3
24. 2,208,371 views 57,911 likes 52.08 L/D Resident Evil 2 - E3 2018 Announcement Trailer | PS4
25. 2,163,639 views 45,105 likes 50.51 L/D Jump Force Announcement Trailer
26. 2,056,354 views 34,364 likes 2.19 L/D EA Play Live Press Conference 2018. Featuring Anthem, Battlefield 5, EA SPORTS and more…
27. 1,716,090 views 30,714 likes 6.89 L/D Tom Clancy's The Division 2: E3 2018 World Premiere Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]
28. 1,685,398 views 58,166 likes 54.51 L/D Forza Horizon 4 - E3 2018 - Announcement Trailer
29. 1,669,121 views 32,703 likes 21.63 L/D Xbox E3 briefing
30. 1,594,199 views 19,579 likes 3.41 L/D The Elder Scrolls Blades - E3 2018 Trailer

31. 1,538,163 views 74,001 likes 97.50 L/D Cuphead DLC Announcement Trailer - Xbox One | Windows 10
32. 1,462,778 views 24,967 likes 44.19 L/D Spider-Man Live Gameplay Walkthrough - E3 2018
33. 1,444,635 views 54,560 likes 46.32 L/D Just Cause 4: Announcement Gameplay Trailer
34. 1,417,059 views 36,184 likes 34.96 L/D Days Gone - This World Comes For You
35. 1,328,988 views 32,472 likes 13.77 L/D #BE3 | 2018 Bethesda E3 Showcase - 6/10 at 6:30pm PT
36. 1,307,488 views 18,986 likes 28.38 L/D Starfield - Official E3 Announcement Teaser
37. 1,253,940 views 31,542 likes 143.37 L/D Dying Light 2 - E3 2018 Gameplay World Premiere
38. 1,090,026 views 20,175 likes 8.86 L/D Tetris Effect - Announce Trailer
39. 1,085,361 views 25,311 likes 13.91 L/D Gears 5 - E3 2018 - Cinematic Announce Trailer
40. 1,067,233 views 25,457 likes 118.40 L/D KINGDOM HEARTS III - SQUARE ENIX E3 SHOWCASE 2018 Trailer

41. 1,066,470 views 14,843 likes 6.76 L/D Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay & Full Reveal | Ubisoft E3 2018
42. 995,535 views 13,221 likes 4.54 L/D Madden NFL 19 - Official Reveal Trailer
43. 950,409 views 17,503 likes 25.55 L/D RAGE 2 - Official E3 Gameplay Feature
44. 882,041 views 23,371 likes 6.42 L/D Nintendo Direct: E3 2018
45. 848,849 views 15,420 likes 16.30 L/D Fallout 76: Base Building Trailer - E3 2018
46. 848,390 views 6,274 likes 1.45 L/D SQUARE ENIX E3 SHOWCASE 2018 - English
47. 824,815 views 2,698 likes 11.48 L/D Sea of Thieves - E3 2018 - Cursed Sails and Forsaken Shores Announce
48. 805,681 views 12,902 likes 12.72 L/D Ubisoft E3 2018 Conference
49. 737,676 views 18,849 likes 40.54 L/D Beyond Good & Evil 2: E3 2018 Cinematic Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]
50. 707,333 views 15,124 likes 37.07 L/D Control | E3 2018 Announce Trailer | PS4

 

Maybe the XBOX briefing fell behind the PS showcase because less people own XBOXs as a proportion of console owners?

 

Yeah, you beat to the punch here.

It'll be interesting to revisit the stats in a week's time when the more casual gamers, or those just busy with real life things, get a chance to catch up, read articles and follow links to videos to check things out.

 

It's a possibility. But looking how Halo Infinite falls in at #6 and Gears 5 at #39, doesn't seem XBOX 2018 E3 was lacking userbase viewership, more like certain games just didn't standout that much.

 

Microsoft first party games are very likely attracting the attention of PC owners expecting these games to playable on Windows 10. I was holding out hope for Microsoft announcing the Master Chief Collection was coming to Windows 10.

C'est la vie.

 

There is still quite a ways to go before MCC is fixed, so it might be something to announce at the PC show next year at best.

 

I factored that too.

The only thing that's shocking of all this, is Beyond Good & Evil 2 ranking of #49... it's low viewership.

 

"fixed" ?

 

It's bonkers far off. Sometimes game's announced by Michel Ancel kind of vanish.

 

Sad. Even the highest YouTube 2018 E3 gameplay views is under 82K. *ouch*

 

It's complicated.

Latest:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-development-update-4 (also has links to previous updates)

 

The number of gamers who follow games day-to-day and watch E3 conferences in full are a tiny, tiny minority. The mass market just don't. They're casual, it'll take days or weeks for them to catch up. That's why I'm interested in the stats in a week.

How do viewer rates for the big conferences for E3 2017 look now? It doesn't help that you can find these on different channels like IGN, Polygon etc. The stats are split across outlets duplicating coverage with their own top-and-tailing (pre and after shows etc).

Thanks, yeesh. I had no idea. Ok, so hope is not lost.

 

Oh, I agree. It's just a shame this game isn't in the top 10, let alone not in the top 20.

My PC brethren, where is thy heart? Is it solely with Cyberpunk 2077?

 

the conference is also almost a 1.5m viewers across their official mixer channels. I actually watched the giant bomb stream which had 88k views vs 69k for sony. I haven't even looked at twitch streams either. There are a lot of ways to watch all this stuff. At work we had the IGN app running watching the Ubisoft stream and all their live coverage.

 

That's why I don't believe the Xbox E3 conference was lacking viewership. However, the debate is more about the aftereffects (interest, secondary viewings, repeated visits, etc...) from the conference and it's games, that could hold some analytical value (i.e., what's trending, likes/dislikes, potential sales, etc...).

 

I think its just spread to much across to many platforms and videos to really tell. Lets also not forget that viewing does mean sales.

 

But wouldn't that apply to all?

Well of course. But, the same applies to preorders as well (no guarantees, other than potential sales). And yes, potential sales can be extrapolated from analytical data, of all manners, including video platforms which can provide feedback, trending patterns, likes/dislikes, repeated visits, unique visits and so-on. I'm pretty sure Disney/Marvel, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox and other Film and Production companies do gauge consumer interest and potential sales from trailers released on social media video platforms, such as YouTube.