Ever since last year, we’ve had high hopes for the PMGC 2021 event. Indeed, as the climax of the 2021 season, it hoped to follow up on the success of last year’s iteration. Despite this, the viewership details were rather surprising. Read on as we discuss PMGC 2021 Grand Finals Viewership below!
PMGC 2021 Grand Finals Viewership – Multiple Factors
Trying to reach the near peak of 4,000,000 viewers was a tall order, and we expected either a small decrease or increase. However, it seems that viewership has fallen drastically. The following are the viewership details according to Esports Charts:
- Peak Viewers – 646,633
- Average Viewers – 376,869
When compared to last years statistics, there’s a glaring contrast:
- Peak Viewers – 3,801,998
- Average Viewers – 528,840
So, what went wrong for competitive PUBG Mobile over the past weekend?
Accordingly, the community has offered some possible reasons to this change. Specifically, the following factors changed from last year:
- Change in venue – this year it was half-LAN/half-online while last year was entirely offline
- Favourite teams eliminated – Indonesian favourites failed to move on
- Broadcast exclusivity to YouTube
- No viewership rewards
Considering the trend with YouTube exclusivity, it’s likely the main culprit here. Following such a sharp fall in viewership, we’re not sure what to think about the state of PUBG Mobile.
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