It went from the #25 Overall free app on the App Store on launch day to the #2 app today. The game was published to the App Store and Google Play on Thursday, and hit the charts hard.
That’s what happened, at least, following the iOS and Android launch of “PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator,” the video star’s latest game, which parodies the life of a full-time YouTube creator.
What happens when the world’s biggest YouTube star Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg tells his 48 million YouTube subscribers to download and play his new mobile game? The game promptly shoots up to the top of the App Store, and the servers crash under the load.