Apex Legends logr贸 an impressive impact during your first weeks after its publication. Millions of people wanted to give Respawn Entertainment's Battle Royale a shot, reaching 50 million registered players in just one month, while Fortnite took 16 weeks to reach 45 million.
These figures demonstrated the desire of users to try something new within this highly demanded genre. Instead, the same cannot be said for those people who prefer to watch the show via Twitch, given that Apex Legends has seen how its number of spectators has been reduced considerably as the weeks have passed.
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According to the data provided by StreamElements, when Apex Legends began its journey, more than 40 million game hours in just one week, but the number has plummeted since then and in mid-March stood at just over 10 million.
On the contrary, the average number of Fortnite viewers remains at a stable rate above 20 million, so that today it is more viewed than Apex Legends. Even so, this does not mean that the latter is no longer so acclaimed and its number of players has also been reduced, although that does not mean that this data is so striking in such a small period of time.
Apex Legends is currently available for Xbox One, PS4 y PC through Origin with its version 1.1 corresponding to its first season, so we will see if Respawn Entertainment reacts in any way to get its Battle Royale to be at the top again.
