State of Play

We may never understand the excitement surrounding it, but there's a reason why Sony continues to include Five Nights at Freddy's games in its PS5 livestreams: they do big numbers. The latest State of Play showcase is evidence of that, as the new PS5 trailer for Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic is comfortably proving more popular than anything else from the event.

At the time of writing, the latest gameplay and release date reveal trailer for the new game sits on just north of 660,000 views. That is almost double its closest competition, the clip announcing the Stellar Blade DLC and PC version. Behind those two are the reveals for Lies of P: Overture, Days Gone Remastered, and Tides of Annihilation.

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Here's how the top 10 most viewed PS5 trailers from yesterday's State of Play lineup so far:

  1. Five Nights at Freddy's Secret of the Mimic — 660K
  2. Tides of Annihilation — 377K
  3. Stellar Blade x Goddess of Victory DLC — 372K
  4. Days Gone Remastered — 293K
  5. Lies of P: Overture — 293K
  6. Digimon Story: Time Stranger — 244K
  7. Saros — 229K
  8. Onimusha: Way of the Sword — 207K
  9. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — 205K
  10. Lost Soul Aside — 149K

This isn't the first time a Five Nights at Freddy's trailer has proven the most popular piece of media to come from a Sony livestream, so it serves as another reminder why PlayStation may not necessarily gear every single one of its reveals towards its hardcore audience. They may be viewed cynically as "contractual obligations", but reasons like this are why those agreements are made in the first place.