Hogwarts Legacy, the famous open-world Harry Potter game, is a real phenomenon. Even better than that, it would have even exploded all the objectives set by Warner.
Hogwarts Legacy is undoubtedly THE game that the video game world talked about the most at the start of the year. A true phenomenon, released on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, which shook the industry and gamers. If the game has conquered several million players, it has indeed divided on many subjects, in particular with regard to the controversies linked to JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter universe. At any rate, Hogwarts Legacy is a real full box. Many records have since fallen and the game has even exceeded all expectations.
Hogwarts Legacy Surpasses All Expectations
In any case, this is what information discovered by a Twitter user on the LinkedIn profile of Arien Darby, Senior Marketing Manager at Warner, tells us. We learn there thatHogwarts Legacy exceeded all set targets. It would have blown them even since the game is said to have currently surpassed sales forecasts by 256%.
For now, Warner has not updated its results, but the first figures were already colossal. This news is therefore ultimately only very unsurprising, even if it remains absolutely enormous.
The game of all records
Remember, last March, the first figures revealed that the game had already sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, in just a few weeks, styling the post of huge successes of the year previous as Elden Ring or God of War Ragnarok. The two most awarded games of 2022.
If the Avalanche Software studio is in heaven, it is especially Warner who is rubbing his hands. Still based on the figures for the month of March, the game would have allowed the firm to register more than 850 million dollars in just two short weeks. Needless to say that this sum must be greatly exceeded at the time of writing these lines.
And if the game has sold several million copies, it has also brought together a very large number of curious people. Hogwarts Legacy indeed blew up Twitch when it was released by becoming the most watched game on the platform with a peak recorded at more than 1.3 million spectators. That too is colossal.
What’s next?
A shower of records, sales that have shattered forecasts… Hogwarts Legacy is well on its way to becoming a successful franchise and many fans are already wondering if a sequel will see the light of day. With such results, it’s hard to imagine Avalanche and Warner putting the license away in a drawer.
However, as of now, nothing seems to be planned for the franchise, not even for the game. Alan Tew, Lead Game Designer on Hogwarts Legacyhad even entrusted on the subject at the time of the last IGN Fest which took place at the beginning of the year, by declaring that the studio had given everything to develop Hogwarts Legacy for almost 5 years, and that there was nothing planned for the moment, not even a DLC. To see then.
What is certain, however, is that the game should soon have a small resurgence in popularity since a PS4, Xbox One and Switch version are expected soon. At least, if they stop being delayed.
And you, have you already given in to the Hogwarts Legacy appeal?
