PS5 Reveal Event Viewers

The PS5 reveal event has come and gone. The presentation, which lasted a little over an hour, showcased a bunch of next-gen games and gave us our very first look at the console itself. Just going by the English language broadcast that we watched on YouTube, it was immediately clear that a lot of people tuned into this thing -- but the overall statistics are even more impressive than we thought.

According to Esports Charts, the PS5 reveal event broadcast peaked at over 7 million viewers, which is staggering. That number includes all of the official streams, as well as all of the restreams from streamers who watched along with their own audiences. The average viewership across the entire broadcast -- which includes the hour-long wait at the start -- was around 4 million. Crazy numbers.

Individual videos uploaded to YouTube after the fact have also performed incredibly well. Horizon Forbidden West's announcement trailer currently has 2.5 million views, while Demon's Souls sits at a healthy 1 million. Elsewhere, Gran Turismo 7 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart are on 1.2 million each, while Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales leads the pack at a whopping 4.3 million.

Unsurprisingly, though, it's the hardware reveal itself that's blown up. The PS5 console reveal trailer currently has 10 million views, complete with 641,000 likes and only 22,000 dislikes. That's a great ratio for a system that looks so bold in its design.

All in all, this whole thing has clearly been a huge success for Sony. Will it be able to carry this momentum up until the PS5's launch later this year? We're looking forward to finding out.

[source escharts.com, via dotesports.com]