Skull & Bones, the pirate MMO from Ubisoft, made its debut on Twitch during the open beta on February 8. Ubisoft has high expectations for the “AAAA” game. With 2.35 million hours, it had a strong start, but it faded against Helldivers 2, the new Steam hit. It launched on February 8 and quickly reached much higher viewer numbers.
How successful was Skull & Bones on Twitch? Skull and Bones launched on February 8 on Twitch and peaked just a few hours after the beta started:
- At its peak, 88,000 simultaneous viewers watched the game.
- So far, a total of 2.5 million hours have been reached.
Who showed the game? 586 channels streamed the game: The leading hours were spent by relatively unknown streamers like BrukeBlack and MissMikkaa, who invested numerous hours in Skull & Bones.
Among the big names, shroud and LIRIK appeared in the top 6, having played for only a few hours.
The biggest German streamer was Trymacs, who also only set sail for 3 hours.
Helldivers 2 dominates Twitch among new players
Who won Twitch this week? Helldivers 2 is the big winner on Twitch this week. The third-person shooter launched simultaneously with Skull & Bones, but achieved significantly higher numbers:
- At its peak, Helldivers 2 had 154,231 viewers.
- Overall, the title achieved 4.4 million hours watched.
Shooter God is having a great time in the new title:
Who showed Helldivers 2? Here again are shroud and LIRIK, but with significantly more time investment. Shroud played for 12 hours, LIRIK for 8 hours.
In Germany, D1rtyD3vil is leading, ahead of Ranzratte and a certain Maurice Weber.
There is still some room for improvement in Germany.
Ubisoft caused confusion with Skull & Bones by justifying the high price of the title by claiming that Skull & Bones is a AAAA game. The term doesn’t actually exist:
Ubisoft CEO justifies the high price of Skull & Bones – Says the pirate MMO is a “AAAA game”
