“Black Ops III peaked at 190,000 viewers on Twitch which made it No. “Viewer counts have also been half of what they were last year with Infinite Warfare peaking at 101,000 viewers on Twitch,” wrote Curtin. Livestream viewer counts have also taken a dive, and that includes the PC version of the game as well as the console. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded. Activision launched Infinite Warfare for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 4, which made it the last of a crop of shooters to debut over the last few weeks from competing publishers like Microsoft and Electronic Arts. Infinite Warfare didn’t even do enough to break into Steam’s top-25 most-played games. The new game only generated a peak player count of 15,280 people on Steam through Sunday where Black Ops III hit more than 60,000 simultaneous players through the same weekend last year. Over the launch weekend for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the sci-fi space-battling adventure’s ( read our review) player base dropped 76 percent compared to the launch weekend for 2015’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III, according to data-intelligence site Githyp. This holiday gaming season is overflowing with blockbuster shooter games, and that is potentially limiting the appeal of one of that genre’s perennial hits … at least on PC. Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10.
