Fortnite’s ‘The Device’ Event Hit 12 Million In-Game Capacity, 8.4 Million Viewers

Fortnite’s ‘The Device’ event took place last night after being delayed numerous times, and the viewing numbers were, as expected, huge.

The official Fortnite Twitter account announced late last night that the ‘The Device’ event had reached its 12 million in-game capacity, with another 8.4 million people logging into streams on YouTube and Twitch to watch the event play out live.

We were overwhelmed by the response to The Device. At 12M players in-game, we capped participation for stability while 8.4M more watched live on Twitch + YouTube. As we push the edge of what live-events can be, we’re improving systems so more of you can experience them in-game. pic.twitter.com/YTycsB1Zoh

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) June 16, 2020

Unfortunately, a number of players were very disappointed to have missed out on experiencing the event first-hand themselves. Despite Epic Games advising players to join a lobby 30 minutes prior to The Device’s 2pm ET start time, players were unable to get into a lobby at this time, and one minute later, Epic Games tweeted that the event had reached maximum capacity.

Today’s event has reached capacity. If you're not already in game, we recommend catching the event via livestream.https://t.co/5sOT64tNHlhttps://t.co/Bj9pDd0e7bhttps://t.co/UY9XcqlSwi pic.twitter.com/in5exepB8U

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) June 15, 2020

As Epic mentions in the first tweet above, it’s aiming to further improve its services so more players can experience it for themselves in the future. Even with large numbers of players unable to watch the event for themselves, Fortnite’s ‘The Device’ event continues to highlight the game’s popularity around the world.

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