When PlayStation 4 was revealed on February 20, we got our very first glimpse of Sony’s
next-gen console.
And a link making the rounds over the last couple of days seems to put into perspective
how significant the reveal was, at least for people on the Internet.
That link is YouTube’s Ads Leaderboard for February 2013, “a collection of ads people
chose to watch and share this month” on the world’s most popular video service.
And the number one ad, seen here, is for PlayStation 4.
Posted on February 20, the video managed to be watched 26,296,340 times in a period of
only eight days, and beat its next closest competition, an ad from Samsung, by nearly
five million views.
Note this is an ad -- you know, the annoying thing that pops up before you watch a YouTube
video.
People actually watched and shared this advertisement.
What does this tell us?
Well, anecdotally: that the Internet is very, very interested in the PlayStation 4 (interest
which is heavily reflected on IGN, as well).
Microsoft is expected to unveil the next Xbox in April.
People will obviously be very interested in that new console, as well.
For more on everything video games, stay tuned to IGN.