Sony's still relatively new when it comes to this State of Play business. Its most recent broadcast, which focused entirely on Ghost of Tsushima, was only the company's fifth attempt at crafting an engaging livestream, but as far as we're concerned, it was the best State of Play yet.
Indeed, dedicating a whole 18 minutes to the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive turned out to be a smart idea -- even if the footage was, apparently, going to be used as part of IGN's IGN First series before the coronavirus situation erupted.
Anyway, we're clearly not the only ones who enjoyed watching Ghost of Tsushima emerge from the shadows, as the gameplay deep dive is now the most watched State of Play yet. Its view count clocks in at 1.5 million views in just three days since it premiered. The closest State of Play in terms of views is the one from September 2019, which ended with a trailer for The Last of Us: Part II. It currently sits at 750,000 views, which means that there's quite a gap between first and second place.
Would you like to see Sony continue to dedicate State of Play to gameplay deep dives? Be an honourable samurai in the comments section below.
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This is the perfect format for state of play, just give viewers one game but with complete walkthrough like this rather than many random games.
Yes, definitely! I think a big focus on a single upcoming game is what this State of Play format works best with.
Who'd have thought these Direct of Plays would work so well?!
Even the PlayStation Studios teaser has over a million as well. Just show how hot the brand is right now.
I was afraid it would be a mess like the Cyberpunk 2077 preview last year. Sticking to 1 game does not guarantee success either.
But they nailed it. Also Helps that the game seemed amazing from day 1.
There is such a thing as too much. If they're going to keep to a 20-minute running time, then no more than 4 items in a show, to give them time to show things in some detail... preferably no more than 2 in an episode. Have more than one a week if necessary.
The problem with the previous ones is that they tried to cram too much into the time, and some of that time was taken up by things which - let's be honest - most people just didn't care about.
I for one was not impressed.
I think that if GOT is ready for shipping, then I'm sure the right move for Sony is to swap the release dates of TLOU2 with GOT taking the 19.06.20 slot.
Given the whole recent controversy and debates over TLOU2, it would be ideal to place the release in July as GOT is the game that every PS4 owner really wants to play first. The timing then couldn't be better.
@Saucymonk I'm very curious to know what was not impressing you about this stunning looking title?
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