{"id":621735,"date":"2026-06-05T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621735\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:13:16","slug":"ps5-state-of-play-most-watched-ever-overtakes-ps-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621735\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 State of Play Most Watched Ever, Overtakes PS Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Latest<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Update [Thu 4th Jun 2026, 6:15pm]: More data is beginning to emerge on this week\u2019s State of Play<\/a>, which rocketed to the most viewed ever.<\/p>\n

According to Steams Charts<\/a>, the broadcast peaked at three million viewers, and \u201cset all-time highs across all key viewership metrics\u201d.<\/p>\n

The YouTube VoD has now overtaken 2021\u2019s PS Showcase, and is on track to overtake 2023\u2019s PS Showcase and the PS5 Showcase from 2020.<\/p>\n

Aside from Sony\u2019s PS5 reveal event, this is likely to end up PlayStation\u2019s most successful ever live broadcast.<\/p>\n

Original Story: I was miffed by our poll results last week<\/a> when only 36% of you said you thought yesterday\u2019s State of Play<\/a> would be the most watched ever. I was so confident in this episode breaking the record, I would have put money on it.<\/p>\n

(In fact, I wish I had now.)<\/p>\n

The June 2026<\/a> instalment blew past the previous record holder\u2019s views in under 12 hours, and at the time of writing has amassed 4.2 million views, which means it\u2019ll overtake 2021\u2019s PS Showcase<\/a> imminently \u2013 and will probably end up above 2023\u2019s PS Showcase<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll make it the most viewed PlayStation broadcast ever, aside from the two PS5 reveal presentations in 2020. In fact, there\u2019s a possibility it may beat out one of those as well.<\/p>\n

The most viewed State of Play prior to yesterday was the February 2026 edition<\/a>, which got 3.4 million views. It\u2019s clear that this series is on an upward trajectory now, and has established itself as Sony\u2019s main method of communication.<\/p>\n

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I think, whatever your personal opinion on yesterday\u2019s show, the platform holder has figured this format out. At the end of the day it all comes down to content and expectations, but there\u2019s no doubt these broadcasts are slick, well paced, and don\u2019t really waste your time.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think yesterday\u2019s State of Play was necessarily the best one ever, but I do think it was very good overall, and it featured tons of games I want to play. In addition to the dedicated<\/a> Phantom Blade Zero<\/a> broadcast, we\u2019ll probably get another more general one of these in September.<\/p>\n

I think that\u2019s one thing that has changed dramatically since the old E3<\/a> days: there are multiple opportunities per year to host these, so there\u2019s less incentive to throw the kitchen sink at one singular show. I think that\u2019s why Sony decided to keep Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet<\/a> underwraps a little longer \u2013 at a certain point, it just becomes overkill.<\/p>\n

For me, Sony has nailed the format and pacing of the State of Play, it all just comes down to content moving forward. And while you can never please everyone \u2013 especially in this day and age \u2013 I\u2019m happy to see the series go from strength-to-strength.<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Update [Thu 4th Jun 2026, 6:15pm]: More data is beginning to emerge on this week\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,112,622,39077,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-621735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-state-of-play","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}