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Crash Team Rumble dead on arrival as Twitch numbers hit less than 30 viewers

The Crash Team Rumble Twitch viewership is performing poorly after it recently reached an all-time low of less than 30 viewers.

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Sniperwithacause326d ago

Why does people watching a game being played make it a hit or miss? Serious question!!
I know I'm an older generation gamer, but for the life of me, I just don't see any enjoyment watching other ppl play a game that I could be playing myself. My son does that. He watches some guy play nothing but Pokémon games all the time.

EvertonFC326d ago

I agree, I don't get it, although I did watch someone play beyond 2 souls on YouTube after my PS3 broke and I had a 6 month wait until PS4 launched.

mandf326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

I was laid up in bed and couldn't play for 7 months. I agreed with you whole heartedly but I watched twitch and watched fortnite at its peak and it was enjoyable. Some streamers are very entertaining. I want to play and not talk laser focus. The conversations were outstanding. It was different to say the least not everyone's cup of tea

FinalFantasyFanatic326d ago

I really only watch Vtubers, but it's the personality, some people are really entertaining and now how to hold people's attention, otherwise it's really boring to watch someone else play. Some people are enjoyable to watch just because they're really good at one or two particular games.

lucian229326d ago

i never understood why people waste their time watching people play games. I hated watching others play as a kid; i hate watching people play as an adult. Same goes for sports on tv. I don't get it, but i guess some people have nothing else better to do

MWeaver589326d ago

While I also don't get it, I think the idea is using this as a way to gauge interest.

https://twitchtracker.com/g...

You can see the top games here and there is a strong correlation with popularity and views. It's kind of crazy something like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is currently pulling down more views than a PVP game like Crash.

lucian229325d ago

i get that, but that's the point of trailers to me, or demos lol

ravens52326d ago

I just like watching how people play differently than me and also their reactions. Like Star wars Jedi Survivor. I beat it, but I also watched Hollow play it as well as AfroSenju to see their reactions. I watched Maximilian Dood play Returnal after I beat it as well. Sometimes I'll watch them up to where I'm at in the actual game (dnt want spoilers).

lucian229325d ago

i just dont see how one can justify the time sink of watching someone play a whole game....rather than actually just playing a new game in that time frame......watching a 100 hour playthrough of skyrim and then playing it again yourself......could have read a few books, learned to cook, learned to garden, SOMETHING useful lmao

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lellkay326d ago

Literally nobody asked for this game. It wont last long.

Tacoboto326d ago

I can't imagine the person who would greenlight the game for full development.

Do you remember the runner mobile game, Crash On The Run or whatever, littered with mtx? It's already offline and off the app stores after not even two years.

-Foxtrot326d ago (Edited 326d ago )

Exactly

They had a great streak with the remakes and even the new Crash Bandicoot 4

Rather than doing a Crash Bash remake and expand on it they did…this

I’m glad this has failed, serves them right going the shitty live service route

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moomoo319326d ago

Ah yes. Monitoring view counts and player counts to determine if a game is good. Constant self-fulfilling prophecy driven by kids on the internet.

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Crash Team Rumble Content Support Ending in March; Battle Pass to Become Free

Crash Team Rumble will be recieving its final content update on March 4, following the news that Toys for Bob is going independent.

-Foxtrot80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

Good. This game was a waste of time for them

I bet they are glad they are allowed to move on

No way this was their idea to make this kind of game

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Video Chums AAA Game of the Year Awards 2023

“Here we are at our AAA Game of the Year Awards and there are loads of games to celebrate so let's dive in and get to the winners.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.

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Crash Team Rumble (XS) Review | VGChartz

VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "When you look at it from a bird’s eye view, Crash Team Rumble faces treacherous headwinds. Release schedule, marketing, invasive live-service shenanigans, and an unfamiliar template for this franchise have all coalesced into this unknown entity; and yet, the template finds firm footing. There's a genuinely interesting expansion of what’s come before while still capturing the tonal quirkiness of yore. But even when looking past the nagging corporate elements, there are still enough gameplay frustrations to diminish what are otherwise some pleasant accomplishments. To translate into Crash’s language: Toys for Bob scraped its way to the finish line, but missed a few crates along the way."

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