It's Friday, April 20, 2018, also known as, national God of War day. That's right God of War released onto PlayStation 4 today. And to accompany it's record-breaking critical acclaim, it is currently dominating the Twitch streaming charts.

At the moment of writing this, the brand-new PS4 exclusive is at 280,646 viewers, which is about a 100,000 more than the next popular game in terms of viewership, Fortnite, and we all know how popular Fortnite is.

What makes this feat most impressive is the fact that God of War is a single-player, narrative-heavy game. There is no multiplayer. And as you may know, PvP multiplayer games consistently dominate Twitch viewership charts, without fail.

Very rarely does a single-player game shoot to the top like God of War has. One of the last games to do it was Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which I'm sure is company developer Santa Monica Studio doesn't mind being in.

Whether God of War will be able to keep this up through the weekend – let alone through next week – remains to be seen. Probably not. Fortnite has a tendency to boomerang right back to the top pretty quickly when it is dethroned.

Nonetheless, it's an impressive achievement for the game, and is good, early marker for just how popular the PlayStation 4 exclusive is.

God of War is available exclusively for the PlayStation 4, where it costs $59.99 USD.

Posted: Apr 20, 2018 8:46 pm
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Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/04/20/god-of-war-twitch-ps4-dominating/