No, not the FIFA World Cup. Not the Rugby World Cup. Not the Cricket World Cup.
This weekend was the Fortnite World Cup.
Held in front of a sold-out crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City this weekend, the event was clearly a hit. The YouTube broadcast of the solo finals yesterday has already cleared 10m views. At one point, more than 1m were watching the livesteam on Twitch yesterday.
It was obviously a massive production.
And it wasn’t on television.
As the finals came to an end, here’s what was available to me on television:
- FOX: NHRA drag racing
- NBC: IndyCar
- ABC: Religious infomercial
- CBS: PGA
- ESPN: “The basketball tournament”
- ESPN2: E:60
- CBS Sports: Motorcycle racing
- FS1: bowling
- NBC Sports: NASCAR
I was surprised.