Spider-Man 2 popularity over Starfield beckons as PlayStation trailer garners 2M+ views in just 6 hours

Starfield and Spider-Man 2 are two highly anticipated titles that are creating a lot of buzz in the gaming community. Notably, Starfield is an upcoming game exclusive to Xbox, while Spider-Man 2 will be available only on PlayStation.

And given the competition between the two console communities, it’s not surprising that the debate about which game will be more popular is already raging on social media.

The YouTube trailers for both games have become the battleground for this rivalry. The official Xbox channel released the Starfield gameplay trailer last month.

Despite being widely discussed on platforms like Reddit, the trailer has only managed to get less than 250K views until now.

In comparison to this, the recently released Spider-Man 2 trailer on the PlayStation channel garnered about 1.7 million views in 5 hours, crossing the 2 million views threshold an hour later.

And just within a span of ten hours, this trailer had received over 2.7 million views and well on course to hit 3 million in 12 hours.

This rapid surge in views not only demonstrates the PlayStation platform’s popularity but also indicates a high level of interest in the upcoming Spider-Man 2 game.

Fans have taken to Twitter and stated that just within an hour, the new Spider-Man 2 trailer has far outperformed the Starfield one, making it a huge success.

Although a few believe that Spider-Man 2 is receiving unwarranted hype, and in their opinion, Starfield deserves all of the attention and excitement.

Spider-man 2 alone beats any xbox exclusive for the past two years, starfield included, that game will flop.
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Others are so excited that they have decided to purchase both single-player games as soon as they launch.

In addition to this, it is also anticipated that Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and Zelda are likely going to receive Game of the Year awards.

The fact of the matter is, there are multiple Game of the Year awards. I’m sure Zelda will win one, Starfield will win one and Spider-Man 2 will get one.
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Of course, the Starfield trailer uploaded to the official Bethesda channel on YouTube, garnered considerably more views. Nonetheless, it is vital to note that this increase in views occurred over a month’s span.

At the same rate, the Spider-Man 2 trailer is expected to accumulate a substantially higher view count.

However, it is crucial to understand that the number of trailer views does not necessarily correspond to the number of players who will eventually engage with the games.

Trailer views merely indicate the level of potential interest in the titles. And as things stand presently, Spider-Man 2 appears to have the edge.

Featured and inline image source: Spider-Man 2.

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