On March 6, Xbox held the Xbox Partner Preview, an online presentation that showcased updates, future releases, and various innovations prepared for 2024. Announcements and trailers for their upcoming projects were presented by EA, Square Enix, Sega, and other studios.
During the thirty-minute presentation, gamers were presented with upcoming games scheduled for release on Xbox in 2024. Among these titles were highly anticipated projects such as Final Fantasy XIV, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Original Trilogy, Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass, Frostpunk 2, and several others. Additionally, certain games will be accessible immediately through Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions.
The Xbox Partner Preview presentation was broadcast on the official Xbox channels on both Twitch and YouTube. At its peak, the YouTube stream attracted 64.5k concurrent viewers, marking the highest viewership during the presentation. In contrast, the official Xbox channel on Twitch garnered only 12.6k Peak Viewers throughout the presentation.
Some gaming channels like Flow Games, IGN, and GameSpot also broadcasted the Xbox Partner Preview. It can be confidently stated that the primary audience of the Xbox Partner Preview followed the presentation on YouTube.
When looking through the biggest gaming presentations by leading companies, Nintendo Direct in 2023 garnered the largest audience on a single channel, with nearly 951k concurrent viewers on YouTube. Similarly, the PlayStation Showcase 2023 attracted over 793k viewers to the official YouTube channel in May. Meanwhile, the Xbox Game Showcase + Starfield Direct presentation amassed 336.7k concurrent viewers.
In 2024, Sony hosted a State of Play presentation in January, which peaked at approximately 460.4k viewers on its main YouTube channel. Xbox delighted gamers with the broadcast of Developer_Direct 2024, reaching a peak online audience of 101k viewers. The Japanese Nintendo channel garnered attention for its broadcast of Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO, attracting 94k concurrent viewers at peak.