Sony’s Summer State of Play 2025 Breaks Viewing Record, Exceeding Winter Showcase

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- The Sony State of Play showcase that happened on June 4, 2025, set a peak concurrent viewership record of over 2.25 million live viewers.
- The Summer State of Play 2025 featured 22 game trailers, including titles such as Romeo is a Dead Man, Pragmata and 007: First Light.
- The previous record for a Sony showcase was set by the State of Play that took place on Feb. 12, 2025, with 2.18 million concurrent viewers.
The Sony State of Play showcase that happened on June 4, 2025, set a peak concurrent viewership record of over 2.25 million live viewers, according to StreamCharts.
The previous record for a Sony showcase was set by the State of Play that took place on Feb. 12, 2025, with 2.18 million peak concurrent live viewers.
The Summer State of Play 2025 featured 22 game trailers, including titles such as Romeo is a Dead Man by Grasshopper Manufacture, Capcom’s Pragmata, 007: First Light from IOI, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls by Arc System Works and the reveal of Project Defiant, a PlayStation first-party fight stick controller.
According to data provided by StreamCharts, this State of Play became the third most-watched gaming showcase in 2025, behind only two Nintendo Directs and followed by Pokémon Day.
The very first State of Play aired on March 25, 2019, featuring 10 game trailers, including No Man’s Sky, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted, Days Gone and Mortal Kombat 11.