Twitch has confirmed that live streams for last weekend’s Evo 2013 fighting tournament broke records for concurrent views. According to a statement from Twitch VP of marketing Matthew DiPietro, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 hit 144,848 concurrent viewers while Smash Bros. Melee topped out at an estimated 134,000 and Super Street Fighter 4 reached 125,000.
“They were record breaking numbers for each of those fighting games with Evo smashing all records for fighting game tournaments,” DiPietro wrote. “It was nearly fifty percent higher than last year’s Evo which was the previous record holder with more than fifty percent more unique viewers.”
Overall, 1.7 million unique viewers tuned into Evo throughout the course of the weekend. Other games in the tournament include King of Fighters XIII, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Persona 4 Arena, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Mortal Kombat.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games
