YouTube's E3 Stream reaches 8 million views in 12 hours?

YouTube created a dedicated hub for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show last week, which gave fans a look at behind-the-scenes footage and much more. There were live streams of Nintendo World Championships, the unveiling of the latest installment in the “Doom” series and a 12-hour livestream marathon hosted by Geoff Keighley with live “Let’s plays” of new titles, among other events.

According to Keighly, the streams were a huge success. They reached almost 8 million views on Monday alone, as well as 2 million hours watch time in total. That’s enough time “to travel to Pluto and back,” Keighly jokes. The streams also generated about 500 million comments.

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