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MTG Players Tour coverage tanks in Twitch viewership

Streaming times may have impacted viewership statistics.
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Published: Feb 4, 2020 12:20 pm

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Tabletop streaming coverage in Magic: The Gathering has always attracted less viewership than MTG Arena, but the EU regional Players Tour this past weekend hit an all-time low in peak viewership.

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To change up major tournaments in Magic for the 2020 partial season, Wizards of the Coast removed tabletop Mythic Championships and replaced them with regional Players Tour tournaments and a Players Tour Final. Two of the Players Tour tournaments, Brussels and Nagoya, aired last weekend with a significant drop in peak viewership compared to tabletop Mythic Championships during the 2019 season. 

Players Tour Brussels, with a total prize pool of $200,000, had a Twitch peak viewership of only 17,811, according to Esports Charts. The numbers were even worse for PT Nagoya (6,488), although the livestream was in Japanese.  Compared to tabletop Mythic Championships that aired last year on Twitch, PT Brussels had around 10,000 fewer peak viewers. 

  • Mythic Championship VI: 29,451 peak viewership
  • Mythic Championship IV: 27,515 peak viewership
  • Mythic Championship II: 25,424 peak viewership
  • Mythic Championship I: 55,552 peak viewership

A decrease in viewership for PT Brussels could be related to its air times, with coverage beginning at 2am CT. The prize pool for Players Tour tournaments is also smaller than the Mythic Championship events from last year. But the same top Magic players from around the world are competing. 

The next and final MTG Player Tour tournament of series one will air this coming weekend in Phoenix from Feb. 7 to 9. Much like PT Brussels and Nagoya, it’ll feature gameplay in Pioneer Constructed and Theros: Beyond Death Booster Draft. The streaming times are significantly different, however, with coverage beginning at 10am CT. 

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Danny Forster
Staff writer, lead beat writer for MTG and TFT
Danny has been writing for Dot Esports for over five years, first as a freelancer and now as a staff writer. He is the lead beat writer for Magic: The Gathering and Teamfight Tactics. Danny is also a solid Monopoly GO player, having beaten every main event without spending a dime. When Danny isn't writing or gaming, he's chilling by the water in Spacecoast Florida with his family and friends. He's always got a tan, because touching grass is important, and loves playing strategic digital and tabletop games. Past outlets Danny has written for include TheGamer and ScreenRant.
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