Finally debuting its first entry in the battle royale genre on August 11, Hyper Scape is obviously a big deal for Ubisoft who evidently sees the release as a large-scale investment going forward. It’s not hard to understand why either, with titles like Fortnite, Warzone, and Apex Legends all managing to draw in millions of concurrent players, create significant mainstream appeal, and generate a lot of money for their respective publishers.
However, it seems Hyper Scape hasn’t exactly been performing as well as Ubisoft might’ve hoped in one area. As many will know, the streaming community behind a battle royale game is a big part of its success, with streamers like Ninja and Pokimane transforming Fortnite into a widespread success story. Hyper Scape, on the other hand, seems to already be failing to draw an audience on Twitch in the first few days of its Season 1 debut.
Looking at Twitch’s home page currently, Hyper Scape is far from the top of the site’s trends, with only 10,000 viewers at the time of writing. To put that in perspective, Fall Guys - the colorful new battle royale game that also debuted earlier this month - is currently boasting 178,000 viewers. Alternatively, Fortnite currently has 165,000 viewers, while Warzone is sporting around 69,000.
Many might assume that Hyper Scape just had an unlucky day, however, the game’s followers also show that it might not be trending in the same way as its peers. Currently, the title is sitting at around 262,000 followers, which is far from a bad number, however, Fall Guys is sitting with a much weightier 530,000 followers.
It seems as though Hyper Scape is being somewhat overshadowed by the release of Fall Guys, which has undoubtedly taken the world by storm since its debut earlier this month. With the game taking a new stance on the battle royale genre - putting players in the shoes of an anthropomorphic jelly bean creature competing in Takeshi’s Castle inspired game shows - it seems thousands of players have become enamored with Mediatonic’s hilarious concept. Not only that, but it was made available for no additional cost for PlayStation Plus players this month, so the hype surrounding the game has shot through the roof.
Releasing Hyper Scape around such an unpredictably popular title has seemingly just been a bit of bad luck for Ubisoft’s newest release on Twitch, especially since both are looking to capture the battle royale audience. It’ll no doubt pick up in the months to come, especially if Ubisoft support the game fully and look to make it a bigger deal in the streaming scene.
Hyper Scape is available now for free on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and is slated to be a launch title for PS5 and Xbox Series X.
Source: Twitch
