The first leg of the Battlefield 6 beta is live, for those who managed to get a code. Everyone else, however, is seemingly just as happy to spend their time watching any of the thousands of Twitch streamers currently playing the game.
And, right now, that appears to be every major streamer on Twitch, together with all the longtime Battlefield streamers.
As of this writing, the Battlefield 6 beta has 750,000 viewers on Twitch. If you look at that top Twitch row, the next five games – combined – have a total number of viewers that’s just below BF6’s number of concurrent viewers. That’s League of Legends, Just Chating, Counter-Strike, Fortnite, and GTA 5.
Battlefield 6 is very hot right now, which makes it an attractive game for viewers. That ineabitably means everyone on Twitch will be streaming it. This phenomenon isn’t exclusive to Battlefiled games, or even shooters, but it is rare to see it for a Battlefield title.
Indeed, another reason for this surge in popularity is that players who do not have access to the Early Access portion of the beta are incentivised to watch for just 30 minutes to receive a code. The same Twitch Drops event also awards players with various other weapon and character skins for watching beyond the 30 minutes.
Of course, none of these incentives would be enough to convince anyone to watch something they’re simply not interested in. As we’ve seen from the Battlefield 6 beta’s staggering numbers on Steam, and the response coming out of the recent multiplayer reveal event, DICE and EA clearly have a hit on their hands.