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The PS5 presentation was followed by 7,32 million people - an absolute record for such gaming events
The statistics of views of yesterday's presentation became known PlayStation 5. It turns out for showing games and a demonstration of Sony's next-generation set-top box on the YouTube platform was watched by 7,32 million people.
The data was shared by the specialist of the department of statistical information YouTube Amand Millie (Millie Amand). On her Twitter page, she pointed out that Sony's recent presentation had a record number of simultaneous views for such a gaming event, becoming the most watched online gaming presentation in the history of YouTube.
A total of 7.32 million people tuned in via YouTube to watch the #PS5 reveal
According to her, she has surpassed all previous console presentations, as well as the E3 gaming exhibitions, in terms of views. Unfortunately, the specialist did not report anything about the statistics of the latter.
Can confirm that yesterday's #PS5 reveal event was the most watched gaming live stream in YouTube history. It surpassed all previous console reveals and E3 shows.
Recall that the PlayStation 5 is built on the basis of an eight-core AMD Ryzen processor with Zen 2 architecture, operating at a frequency of 3,5 GHz. The set-top box has 16 GB of GDDR6 RAM, a high-speed 825 GB NVMe SSD, operating at speeds from 5,5 to 9 GB / s.
The graphics processor of the set-top box delivers 10,3 teraflops of performance, is based on the AMD RDNA 2 architecture and operates at a dynamic frequency of up to 2,23 GHz.
The PlayStation 5 is presented in two versions: with a 4K UHD Blu-Ray drive that supports discs up to 100 GB, and also without it - the PS5 Digital Edition. Games for it can only be purchased through the PlayStation Store.
Yesterday's show design new set-top box called mixed reactions in the gaming community. The start of sales of the PlayStation 5 is expected by the end of 2020.